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WETA "SPACES" 8/06/1983 WETA credit/U.S. Department of Education credit "SPACES" is a program intended to encourage kids to pursue study and careers in science
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11.01.34-Shots of various INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY, an automobile, and a middle-class kitchen. V.o.-machines and appliances all depend on ENERGY. Shot of OFFSHORE OIL RIG and OIL PUMPS, trains carrying COAL. Shot of WIND GENERATORS.
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11.02.28-opening sequence of various kids getting excited by science, mixed with fanciful cartoons.
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11.03.15-Hosts and a younger girl eating Hot Dogs in park, talking about the solar cooker used, the hard transition from fossil fuels to solar energy.
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11.04.40-segment on a Native American oil engineer. Shots of OIL RIGS. The engineer talks about her job of using GEOLOGY to get oil out of rock layers. Shots of oil worker, the engineer talks with him to investigate a loss in production from a well. She tells her life story to inspire kids to pursue science careers. Shots of the engineer inspecting an OIL WELL and the machinery involved. Shots of large cluster of OIL WELLS, large drilling towers.
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11.09.41-intermission segment on the origins of PETROLEUM, conveying the length of time needed to form COAL, OIL, and NATURAL GAS, the relatively tiny span of Human history, and the even tinier span of time in which humans have used FOSSIL FUELS. Cartoon illustrates the depletion of the resource.
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11.12.21-hosts talk about the need to find other kinds of energy.
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11.13.10-segment on Solar Energy. Profile on Solar Scientist. Shot of buildings with SOLAR PANELS. Graphic demonstration of "Passive Solar Energy" in a house and "Active solar" energy [solar panels]. Shot of solar scientist with PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS. Scientist discusses PHOTOVOLTAIC energy, puts on a demonstration. Graphics demonstrate the principles of photovoltaic cells. Shots of PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS being manufactured. The scientist discusses his effort to reduce the cost of PHOTOVOLTAIC cells, his hope that it has a good impact on the future in America and in poorer Third World countries who desperately need cheap renewable energy. Shots of large bank of SOLAR PANELS, POWERPLANTS and buses in the Third World.