Power Infrastructure & Power Lines

Just about everything is run on electricity, homes, cars even toothbrushes... but what goes into and how did humanity make an infrastructure that is able to do all of this? Well like most things society has built is was pieced together with tons of errors and decided it was good enough. So join Nick and Mike as they discuss the flaws and weaknesses in power grids and power infrastructure. Why power lines are above ground rather than bellow ground. And the new emerging technology that is making countries grids safer, faster and more efficient... spoiler alert laser are involved. And how different countries are handling the problem of transferring electricity.