With the commotion over the power outage at the Super Bowl this weekend over, see what goes into powering up our daily lives.
Electricity - If the blackout during the Big Game taught us one thing, it's to appreciate electricity. But what goes into delivering our power? And how does it get from power plants to our homes and offices? As Trace tells us, it's a whole lot more complicated than you think.

Read More: http://mitei.mit.edu/publications/reports-studies/future-electric-grid http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/how_it_works/transformer.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2012/08/pictures/120821-world-s-worst-power-outages/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_grid http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/power.htm
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