One evening there is a blackout. Bino and Fino aren’t happy about it but it makes them wonder where electricity comes from.

What is the fundamental reason behing the Chinese blackouts and what could this teach us about our modern global economy's relationship with energy? Also, what could we learn from this issue when inevitably faced with our own energy...

What is the fundamental reason behing the Chinese blackouts and what could this teach us about our modern global economy's relationship with energy? Also, what could we learn from this issue when inevitably faced with our own energy...

With climate change making temperatures more extreme each year, like we recently saw in the great Texas freeze and the Northwest heatwave, large-scale power outages become a matter of life and death. Could a power grid failure during an...

The United States has a lot more power outages than other countries do, and fixing this problem will be a massive undertaking.

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Empty water reservoirs, severe water rationing, and electrical blackouts are the new status quo in major cities across southeastern Brazil where the worst drought in 35 years has desiccated the region. A new NASA study estimates that the...

Cryptocurrencies are heralded as the technology of the future. But Bitcoin, and others like it, are putting that same future at risk, with their devastating effect on the environment.



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Folk musician and storyteller David Holt plays the banjo and shares photographs and old wisdom from the Appalachian Mountains. He also demonstrates some unusual instruments like the mouth bow -- and a surprising electric drum kit he...

Tech communities are booming all over Africa, says Nairobi-based Juliana Rotich, cofounder of the open-source software Ushahidi. But it remains challenging to get and stay connected in a region with frequent blackouts and spotty Internet...

Or geomagnetic storm, a severe disruption of the Earth's magnetosphere that can cripple satellites, and even cause severe damage to electrical systems on the ground.
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In this episode, we delve into the latest science of the “urban heat island” effect, learn about the looming threat of a potential “Katina-like event” that threatens their electrical grid, and explore the gamut of options being pursued...

Space weather can have a major effect on the technology we rely on. And a large solar flare could cause the most significant weather threat because so much of essential services are powered by a functioning electrical grid and a...

Our electrical grid can be taken down by storms, fires, and squirrels. But there’s a better way to power the world. A microgrid is a decentralized power system that doesn’t have a single point of failure. That means one squirrel can’t...