Oil, Gas and Energy
Where power actually comes from, what it costs, and what happens when the supply is interrupted.
Electricity as the invention everything else depends on, the grid and what its failure looks like, the strait a fifth of the world's oil passes through, the data centres now rewiring demand, and whether fusion is finally close.
13 films · In the channel's own order.
The Strait of Hormuz: How It Works, and What Depends On It
· 31 min
The Panama Canal Drought and World Trade
· 12 min
Nuclear Fuel: The Bottleneck Behind the Comeback
· 15 min
Oil: Has Global Demand Already Peaked?
· 17 min
Deep-Sea Mining: A New Frontier or a New Mistake?
· 14 min
Green Steel: Can Hydrogen Replace the Blast Furnace?
· 18 min
Grid Batteries: Can Storage Save the Power Grid?
· 18 min
Cement: Can We Build Without the Carbon?
· 19 min
The Industrial Revolution: What Power Decided Then and Now
· 17 min
Industrial Heat Pumps: Can Factories Stop Burning Gas?
· 19 min
Copper: The Metal the Electric Age Is Running Out Of
· 23 min
Geothermal Can Fracking Tech Power the Grid
· 15 min
How Batteries Work and Why Lithium Matters
· 19 min