Ted ED: A guide to the energy of the earth

Did you know that energy is neither created nor destroyed?

So where does energy go once we've 'consumed' it? And where did we get it in the first place?

In this Ted Ed video, Joshua M. Sneideman explores how energy cycles through the Earth, from the sun to our food chain to electricity and more.

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