On the 9th February a small group of members from Café Scientifique visited the National Grid Operational Headquarters in Warwick Technology Park. The trip was organised by one of the girls, and was extremely informative- we learned about the history of the use of fossil fuels, from the Industrial Revolution until now, and about where all the fuel we use comes from, as well as how high pressure gas is piped underground from the site to individual houses all over the UK. We also got to see the engineers who closely monitor the supply and demand of gas at work, and learned about how important their job is, not only for our comfort and convenience, but also our safety. I definitely enjoyed this trip as I realised how little I actually knew about where the fuel we cook with every day comes from, and what a complex job supplying it to the whole population of the country really is.
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