Cunk on Earth questions Professor Brian Cox…and Mango…

Philomena Cunk looked blankly at Professor Brian Cox.

“You’ve just told me the world’s going to end but you’re smiling. What’s wrong with

you, Brian Cox?” she asked.

Professor Cox laughed: “It’s a long time in the future. Neither of us will see it

happen.”

Cunk shrugged: “You don’t know that. They’re making amazing scientific discoveries

all the time, aren’t they?”

“Yeees,” Professor Cox replied, hesitantly.

“They could find some AI-powered bot we could all get downloaded into so we could

see everything and remain the same for the rest of time. Like in Dr Who…or

Hollyoaks…”

Professor Cox shrugged again in despair: “It’s theoretically possible, I suppose,

though not very likely.”

“Or, a huge asteroid could hit Earth and that would be the end of the world, wouldn’t

it?” Cunk went on.

“I suppose so…” Professor Cox replied.

“Come on, Brian, this is supposed to be inspiring landmark TV to be shown on a

Sunday evening. All this is a bit of a downer, isn’t it? You’ll have them switching over

to Songs of Praise!”

Professor Cox sighed: “What would you like me to talk about then?”

Cunk looked at her notes: “Earth Day on April 22. Why do we do it, and how

important is renewable energy…that sort of thing.”

Professor Cox smiled again: “OK, that’s definitely an inspiring subject. Though my

field is particle physics, not energy generation. You might want to ask for a different

expert.”

Cunk sighed: “Well how does this reviewable energy work? Are we able to see it

better than the stuff from coal powered stations?”

Professor Cox rolled his eyes: “Renewable not reviewable. Means it comes from a

source that won’t run out like oil, gas, or coal, and it’ll add far less carbon into our

atmosphere and will contribute far less to global warming.”

Cunk stared hard at Professor Cox: “You just said the sun will die at some point.

That’s hardly renewable, is it? What happens then? How am I going to heat up my

hair straighteners? Haven’t thought about that, have you?”

Professor Cox took off his microphone and left the interview.

“Touchy,” Cunk said. “I didn’t even have the chance to ask him about how our TV

production company can celebrate Earth Day or comply with environmental

legislation.”

A voice came through her earpiece.

“What do you mean we have Mango? I don’t eat tropical fruit, I’ve told you that and

so has my agent. It’s in my rider!

“…Oh, Mango the online compliance software. You keep all the records in the cloud,

and we can all access them from wherever there’s an internet connection…right…

“Yes, I’m sure it’s great for paperwork and cuts down on the trees cut down for paper,

but it’s no wonder we’ve got climate change if all those records are up in the clouds!

“Hello…hello…are you still there? Is it lunch yet?”

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