Art and Oil Fortunes

Extras

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  Disasters Preview

  Learn the sweeping history of the worst energy disasters since the industrial revolution.

  0:30
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  Culture Preview

  Culture and modern energy go hand in hand.

  0:30
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  Entertainment Preview

  Modern energy enabled mass entertainment like popular music, movies, TV shows, and video g

  0:30
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  Work Preview

  The human story of work is the story of how work has been transformed by energy.

  0:30
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  Series Preview

  Take a journey around the world through the past, present, and future of energy.

  0:30
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  Extended Preview

  Take a journey around the world through the past, present, and future of energy.

  0:55
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  The Horrors of Surgery Before Energy

  Before modern energy, surgery in hospitals was a nightmare

  1:42
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  Lamp Lighters and Moonlight Towers

  In most major cities before public lighting, people had to carry torches at night.

  3:33
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  The New York Horse Manure Crisis

  Thanks to modern energy innovations, the horse manure crisis simply disappeared.

  2:34
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  Nixon vs. Khrushchev: The Kitchen Debate

  Capitalism and communism clashed in the middle of a model kitchen in 1959.

  1:12