Ishmael Beah

I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so my life was made up of, you know, in the morning going to the river to fetch water - no tap water, and no electricity - and, you know, bathing in the river, and then going to school, and playing soccer afterwards.

Sierra Leonean Author

Gloria Reuben

Clean energy is about offering people the opportunity to do what's right for themselves and the people they love. It's about reducing the pollution that makes people sick. It's about helping the low-income families struggling to pay their gas and electricity bills.

Canadian Actress

J-Hope

I think electricity will create a new world. I feel like the world will change a lot with electricity, and I wonder how it will change, it's scary, and it's going to be fun. I think there are so many things to think about when it comes to electric cars.

South Korean Musician

Dolly Parton

I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then.

American Singer

Roger Scruton

In the traditional dances, physical contact was permitted in a way that it wasn't in everyday life. The electricity of physical contact has gone therefore from young people's lives.

English Philosopher

George Monbiot

I became an environmentalist because I love the living world, but I spend much of my life thinking about electricity, industrial processes and civil engineering.

British Writer

Rachel Platten

When I got on stage, I felt this bolt of electricity hit me, and it was this shock of, 'This is exactly what I'm supposed to do with my life.

American Musician

Scott Pruitt

It's unwise in business to have one client or two clients. It's unwise in electricity to have one source or two sources.

American Politician

Lynn Good

We see natural gas as an important part of the electricity generation mix for many decades to come.

American Businesswoman

Sal Khan

We want to make access to a world-class education like clean drinking water or electricity.

American Educator

Used when referring to the source providing energy for electrical devices.

Power Source

Refers to the loss of electrical power, often causing inconvenience.

Supply Interruption

Electricity is commonly paid for; 'electricity bill' refers to this expense.

Utility Cost

In physics, it refers to the presence and flow of electric charge.

Scientific Phenomenon

Describes how electricity and magnetism are interconnected.

Magnetic Interaction

Electricity can also mean a buildup of charge, causing static shocks.

Static Charge

Used metaphorically to describe a lively or dynamic atmosphere.

Figurative Energy

Can convey strong feelings or shared excitement among people.

Emotional Charge

Sometimes refers to a sense of nervous anticipation or anxiety.

Tenseness

 with the application of electricity. Plugging in a charger draws the electricity from a wall outlet that drives the reaction to regenerate the metal, making more electrons available for oxidation the next time you need them. But even rechargeable batteries don't last forever. Over time, the repetition of this process causes imperfections

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 when you flick the switch. And piezoelectric devices may become even more common since electricity is in high demand and mechanical energy is abundant. There are already train stations that use passengers' footsteps to power the ticket gates and displays and a dance club where piezoelectricity helps power the lights.

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 gases going into the atmosphere from human activity. That's more than all our transportation. It's more than all our electricity. It's more than all other manufacturing, in fact. It's the single largest emitter of greenhouse gases of any human activity in the world. And yet, we don't talk about it very much.

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 getting pigment deeper into the skin than the outermost layer that gets shed. Throughout history, different cultures have used various methods to accomplish this. But the first modern tattooing machine was modeled after Thomas Edison's engraving machine and ran on electricity.

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 providing easy, safe access to reliable electricity. But beyond that outlet, the picture gets messier. It takes a lot of fuel to heat our homes, preserve our food, and our power our gadgets around the clock. And for 40% of the world, that fuel is cheap, plentiful,

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 from the particles in other types of matter. When a doorknob, a solid, has static electricity on it, it doesn't look or behave any differently. And with the exception of a compass or other magnetic object, we rarely see matter respond to a magnetic field.

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 that people wanted access to a modern lifestyle they wanted all the things that government or the private sector provide us they wanted better infrastructure they wanted roads and particularly they wanted electricity so it's when the Sun sets tonight

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 the world so we've got to have an energy system that provides to the people and for the economy we got here in the old part of town and they've looked around and he was a little taken aback by the electricity wires or tangled up honest to god what

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 Tests on hermit crabs show that they'll leave an undesirable shell if they're zapped with electricity but stay if it's a good shell. And octopi that may originally curl up an injured arm to protect it will risk using it to catch prey.

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 but which type of creature could travel around the world using static electricity well brand new science by the university of bristol has uncovered how one surprising animal