S3 Ep 4 - High Tech Hits the Road
Xploration Earth 2050
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22m
Green technology is radically changing the way people get around. Host Chuck Pell will take to the road in a hybrid between a solar powered car and an old fashioned tricycle, that has no carbon footprint. He’ll visit the factory where electric powered buses are changing the daily commute for millions. And trains that float just inches above the ground will get you from one major city to the next as fat as an airplane.
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