33632 conspiracy theory roleplay

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 do about this threat to their
businesses.
They must discuss what to do 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

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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 do 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 3 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.

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