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Power Trip: The Story of Energy
War
Season 1
Episode 6
Energy can be both the cause and the instrument of modern war. Advances in energy have historically arisen during the urgency of wartime. Energy done the right way can lead to peace, energy done the wrong way leads to instability and conflict. “War” traces a centuries-long journey across the world to show us how energy changed the way we fight wars.
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