Modern energy takes us on a journey to space: the final frontier. From the Russian schoolteacher Konstantin Tsiolkovsky to Nazi scientist Wernher Von Braun, the history of space travel is the history of energy innovations.
From oil spills and coal mine explosions to dam failures and nuclear meltdowns, we can learn much from disasters related to energy that caused mass casualties and environmental destruction.
Our fashion, music and art spread faster due to modern energy. Wealthy industrialists with fortunes made from energy funded much of modern culture, using energy systems to gain wealth, fund art, and spread culture across the globe.
This one hour finale of Power Trip traces the rise of trade in the ancient world; globalization was always a goal, but modern forms of energy provided the missing link.
