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A Pyrotechnic History of HumanityEpisodes

    The Future

    4/4How the rise of renewables could herald a surprisingly bright energy future.

    Fossil Fuels

    3/4How the energy bonanza of coal, oil and gas has given us unprecedented affluence.

    Agriculture

    2/4How farming laid the energy foundations for human civilisation

    Fire

    1/4How the mastery of fire and the energy it released gave our ancestors intelligence