Technol ogy3 - Energy -- Light, Electricity, Renewables
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- DirectorSteven LathamStarsLance LewmanAs the Earth heats up at a dangerous rate and fossil fuels become scarcer, ordinary citizens and businesses are bypassing the federal government to lead the way in exploring a clean, renewable source of power: the sun.
- StarsDavid BielloStewart BrandJeff GoodellA look at the present and future, the challenges and probable solutions, of electrical power generation in the USA. Will we be able to meet the ever-increasing need for electricity in economical, reliable, and environmentally-sustainable ways?
- DirectorPaul OldingStarsSteven JohnsonThe pioneers of light; Edison's light bulb; a French scientist accidentally discovers a neon light.
- DirectorJohn W. WalterStarsPeter CoyoteThomas A. EdisonThe story of Thomas Edison's creation of a safe electric light system.
- DirectorRoss SpearsStarsHenry ClarkWilma DykemanDavid FreemanThe Tennessee Valley Authority--the TVA--was a project like no other, and after more than a half-century, continues to shape life in the South.
- DirectorDaniel McCabeStarsDavid PogueDenise GrayDaniel KammenDavid Pogue investigates how batteries work and what the future may hold for technical innovation.
- DirectorDave HatterStarsAlain BecouletAlessandro Bonito-OlivaSabina GriffithIt is the greatest technological challenge ever undertaken by humankind. Fusion - the aim to produce the ultimate unlimited environmentally friendly energy solution. The challenges, at times, seem overwhelming, and it has been dubbed 'bottling a star'. So far the goal of producing a working fusion reactor has remained elusive and out of reach, but we may now be almost there.
- DirectorMyriam TonelottoStarsGilbert JohnstonMichel Prud'HommeFriedhelm PtokEver heard of the Thorium molten salt reactor? That's hardly surprising, as for 70 years, it has been inexplicably kept under wraps by the nuclear industry, despite the fact it could revolutionise energy production.
- StarsDerek MullerHost and physicist Dr. Derek Muller unlocks the mysteries of uranium, one of the Earth's most controversial elements.
- DirectorGordon McDowellStarsKirk SorensenDr. KikiRobert HargravesWhile researching means of powering a NASA space colony, Kirk Sorensen stumbles across ORNL's Thorium Molten Salt Reactor. History of this design is recounted as well as the politics (and lack of weaponizable byproduct) which killed it.
- DirectorGideon BradshawStarsBrian CoxStirling ColgateSteve CowleyProfessor Brian Cox takes a global journey in search of the energy source of the future. Called nuclear fusion, it is the process that fuels the sun and every other star in the universe. Yet despite over five decades of effort, scientists have been unable to get even a single watt of fusion electricity onto the grid. Brian returns to Horizon to find out why. Granted extraordinary access to the biggest and most ambitious fusion experiments on the planet, Brian travels to the USA to see a high security fusion bomb testing facility in action and is given a tour of the world's most powerful laser. In South Korea, he clambers inside the reaction chamber of K-Star, the world's first super-cooled, super-conducting fusion reactor where the fate of future fusion research will be decided.
- DirectorScott ReidAfter World War II, the United States was determined to make sure the American people did not become terrified by the awesome power of the atomic bomb. Reassuring the populace that nuclear weapons were not as dangerous as we now know them to be was of paramount importance. On his incredible historic 2-DVD set, History Of Nuclear Energy - Problems And Promises, you will see real newsreel footage that documents exactly how the government presented the dangers of his awesome new power. If you are a student of history, government or propaganda you need to own this incredible 2-DVD set! Don't Worry About The Radiation - It's The Blast That Will Kill You! When it comes to how the general public views nuclear weapons, times have certainly changed over the past 50 years. On these amazing DVDs you will see the government actually tell people that three minutes after a blast it is safe to walk around their neighborhoods! You will be amazed at the lengths the government went to make sure that there would be no panic in the event of a Soviet nuclear strike!
- StarsStan CloutingJonathan ColeAndrew ElmesWe can generate vast power from thin air - the wind. One of the world's biggest wind farms is being built off the English coast where the harsh conditions pose great challenges for the team. Meanwhile, a Norwegian team is striving to build the first-ever floating wind farm.
- DirectorViktoria VellopoulouCharles, Daphne, Michel, Yorgos, Takis and the rest of the team commit to the restoration of three abandoned windmills in Patmos. Their efforts to understand and reconstruct the original milling mechanism from clues they retrieve in the ruins, from extensive research and study lead them the limits of their knowledge, their professional skills, and their sense of aesthetics. Will they succeed and complete this work that has become over the months a personal challenge for each and every one in the team?