Tell the students they are all members of an evil but secret organisation that runs all the big industries of the world called SECTUM The main source of income for this organisation is petroleum but it controls the majority of all the world's energy production and services Cut out the students' personality cards below and tell them to read them to themselves and then assume the character of the personality they have been given Hand out the story about fuel from air and get them to read it in a group (doing the vocabulary exercise first) Then tell them that they are going to have a meeting to talk about what to about this threat to their businesses They must discuss what to according to their characters' personality traits Link all the words on the left with their meanings on the right Once that is done, take it in turns to read the paragraphs of the story overleaf out loud 1) Summit a) To keep or save something for future use 2) To turn into b) A cavern, a large chamber in the earth 3) To blink c) To demonstrate to be true 4) Cave d) The ability to manage a lot of power or energy 5) Inkling e) To open and close the eyes rapidly 6) Storage f) Barrel 7) To prove g) Experimental, the first to test something 8) Pilot (adjective) h) To be at the maximum moment of use 9) To spike i) To be apt for or to match something 10) To be suited j) Solve, succeed in finding a solution 11) Scalable k) An idea, the most basic understanding of something 12) Keg l) A meeting 13) Overcome m) To convert, change to something else _ You are all part of an evil organisation that secretly runs the world and has control of all its banking and energy companies You have read the story overleaf and now you need to talk about what to about it Kill the scientists in charge of the project Fake an explosion at the factory where it is being developed Start a world war to distract the companies involved from their work Sabotage the project continuously so that it runs over-budget Buy the rights to the technology and then never release it to the public Install a computer virus on the companies network in order to destroy the data Buy the company and then fire all of the people involved with the project Sabotage the personal lives of the project workers by fabricating false scandals about them Liquid Air Could Be The Fuel of The Future Sky News October 2012 Cars, homes and factories could be powered using the air we breathe in the future, according to engineers at a special summit British scientists developing the technology say normal air can be used to store energy by cooling it to -190C, turning it into a liquid When the liquid air is later warmed, it rapidly expands into a gas, creating high pressure that can drive the piston engine of a car, or generate electricity in a turbine Dr Tim Fox, of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers , which has organised the summit of experts, said: "We're coming out of the cave blinking on this one and we're only just getting an inkling of how great the energy storage benefits of liquid air could be." One company, Highview Power Storage, has built a pilot plant next to a power station in Slough to prove the technology works At times of low demand for electricity, the plant uses the excess energy from the power station to suck air through refrigerator-style compressors turning it into a liquid, which it then stores in an insulated tank When consumer demand spikes, the energy is returned to the national grid The tank, which stores 60 tonnes of liquid air, can power 6,000 homes for one hour The company's chief executive officer Gareth Brett told Sky News the technology is far cheaper than storing energy in batteries "The trouble with batteries is they are best suited to small applications like your laptop," he said "What we are talking about here is the national grid, which requires very large amounts of electricity to be stored There are relatively few ways of doing that and we think with liquid air we have found one of the few technologies that is truly scalable to grid scale usage." The technology could make wind turbines more viable, by storing excess production at high wind speeds, releasing it again in calm weather, he said Research by Imperial College suggests energy storage could reduce the number of power stations and national grid infrastructure needed, saving £10bn Engineering firm Ricardo is also developing a car engine fuelled by liquid air, based on a prototype built by inventor Peter Dearman Using a beer keg to store the liquid and copper pipes from a DIY store he generated enough power to drive his Vauxhall Nova "I've probably done 35mph It probably would go faster but I haven't taken it out on the open road, so I've been limited on space," he said He said a liquid air car would overcome some of the problems with electric cars, which are expensive, use scarce materials in their batteries and are best suited to short distances "It's not the range of the electric car that is the problem, it's the recharging," he said "With liquid air you have the convenience of the petrol engine in that you can refill it quickly, simply by pouring it into the tank." You are an oil company executive and a former mercenary You have very conservative views regarding energy use and industry although you also like scientific progress You think that for governments and the military free energy is a good idea but you believe the people should pay as this would ensure their obedience and cooperation Y ou wouldn't think twice about killing people to keep things as they are You are a former scientist that has had your licence to practice revoked because of cruel and unusual methods You think that progress depends on strength and consequently that the strong will always beat the weak You think that weak people should be used for scientific experiments Free fuel to you is ridiculous You think that free fuel would make society weak and vulnerable You are a former secret agent that worked for a powerful country While working for that country you noticed that the criminals and terrorists were the only people who acted in a logical manner These people always seemed to be richer and have better lifestyles while those that worked in the service normally ended up with bad pensions and health problems In the end you decided to go freelance and help governments control their people You always think that a subtle approach is the best way to solve a problem You are a former dictator with a terrible human rights record that everybody in the world thinks is dead You faked your own death and now lead the life of a respectable electricity executive to avoid being prosecuted by the European court of human rights You have managed to increase the wealth of the company and now supply electricity to continents You believe people are easy to deceive but killing and violence only brings unwanted attention Free electricity would be a disaster You are an alien from another planet that has been put here to weaken the human race in order to make the Earth easier to conquer At the moment, people believe you are an important energy minister in a small but influential nation in Western Europe If the Earth opts for clean, cheap energy then it will benefit the humans and make them too strong to defeat You are a philosopher who believes that most people on the planet are completely useless and don't deserve life You work as an executive director for an environmental pressure group However, you think that if we contaminate the Earth sufficiently then most of the people on the planet will die out leaving only the strongest and most intelligent to prepare a better future Cheap and clean energy would not allow that to happen You think we must destroy before we can build You are - insert personality You are - insert personality You are - insert personality