⚒️ Deep in the realm of the dead
by Joel Glover
⚒️ Hello, children of Earth!
by Joel Glover
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“Friends From Far Away”
Season 8, Episode 13: Energy
Presented by Dr Amma Choong-Twumasi
DR AMMA
Hello, Children of Earth!
I’m Dr Amma, welcoming you to another episode of “Friends From Far Away” where we all learn together.
For more than a hundred years, scientists have been worried about the Earth’s atmosphere.
The atmosphere is all around you; it is the air you breathe.
The way human beings live changed quickly thanks to science. With new technology we could feed more people, could travel further and faster, be warm when it is cold and cold when it is hot.
But all those inventions needed energy, energy which usually came from burning something: oil; coal; or trees. The gases released by that burning started to change the air all around us, trapping heat around the planet like a warm blanket. As the planet got hotter, that process sped up, in what we now call the Global Climate Emergency.
You might have seen—in films or books—animals that became extinct during the Emergency. If you look at old maps or globes, you will see that the seas have gotten larger, and the ice fields at the North and South Pole were much bigger.
Today, I want to tell you about how Cavendish Energy and their Friends From Far Away have prevented the Emergency from getting any worse.
You see, we still burn something to get our energy, but these days we burn water!
I know! Water shouldn’t burn!
Water is made of two parts of an element called Hydrogen and one part of an element called Oxygen. Cavendish Hydro Power takes seawater and breaks it into those pieces. Then the Cavendish Converter in your car, train, or boat burns the Hydrogen, turning it back into water.
All natural, all clean, and none of it possible without the help of our Friends From Far Away.
THIS CONTENT SPONSORED BY CAVENDISH HYDRO POWER AND THE CAVENDISH CONVERTER COMPANIES LLC, WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARIES OF CAVENDISH ENERGY.
“Friends From Far Away”
Season 1, Episode 7: FRIENDS
Presented by Dr Amma Choong-Twumasi
DR AMMA
Hello, Children of Earth!
I’m Dr Amma, welcoming you to another episode of “Friends From Far Away” where we learn together.
Who is your best friend?
What makes a good friend?
Are you a good friend?
My best friend is Flora Ansah.
She lived down the corridor from me when I was growing up.
When I lost my favourite doll, Flora let me borrow hers.
When my mother was working late, delivering food she had cooked in our kitchen, I slept at Flora’s house.
And when I graduated from university, Flora was there to celebrate with me.
I think that is what makes a good friend: someone who helps when you are in need, without you even needing to ask. Someone who looks after you when you need to be looked after. Someone who helps you turn your hopes and dreams into reality, and then celebrates with you.
All through my life I have been very lucky to have great friends. I hope you have great friends too!
My friend Valerian St John gave me the opportunity of a lifetime to work with him. Together, we reached out to the stars themselves, and there, we found more friends—friends beyond counting.
The word “unique” means something is totally different from everything else.
We found that humans are unique, but we are not alone!
There are friends waiting for us everywhere we turn, friends waiting to help us journey to the stars, friends who will share their sciences with us, who will celebrate with us as we journey through the galaxy.
I can’t wait for you all to meet them too!
THIS CONTENT SPONSORED BY CAVENDISH EXPLORATION AND THE CAVENDISH TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CORPORATION, WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARIES OF CAVENDISH ENTERPRISES.
“The Adventures of Doctor Amma and QUATZ”
Season 3, Episode 9: ZOO ONE
Coconut crabs run amok in the city behind.
DR AMMA
We’ve been over this; the crabs on Earth are millions of years away from evolving intelligence.
QUATZ
But Amma, it did a ritual dance! It raised its claws and shuffled to the left!
“The Adventures of Doctor Amma and QUATZ”
Season 2, Episode 5: Quartz comes out of his shell
People stream from the doors of Liberty in a panic.
QUATZ (off-screen)
Don’t come in, Dr Amma, I’m naked in here!
Joel’s grimdark novels "The Path of Pain and Ruin" and “Paths to Empires’ Ends” are available on Amazon, as is his fantasy novel “The Thirteenth Prince” and a collaborative project “Literary Footnotes”. Follow him on @booksafterbed on the website formerly known as Twitter for links to his other short work.
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