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How giant toasters could power the world - Rachel Yang

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Industrial manufacturers spend a huge amount of energy generating heat to make everyday materials and objects, like cement, steel, and paper. And since most companies use fossil fuels to reach these high temperatures, industrial heat accounts for 20% of our annual global carbon pollution. Thankfully, this is where a century-old technology comes in. Rachel Yang explores how heat batteries work.

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  • Educator Rachel Yang
  • Director Sofia Pashaei
  • Narrator Pen-Pen Chen
  • Composer Cem Misirlioglu
  • Sound Designer Cem Misirlioglu

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