Ancient Italian Town Has Wind at its Back

Ancient Italian Town Has Wind at Its Back

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/science/earth/29fossil.html?ref=science

The people of the small town of Tocco Da Casauria, Italy have decided to try a new wind turbine method for obtaining energy. The town uses wind turbines to power the ancient cemetery and the sport complexes. Because they were forced to pay huge electricity bills and there are not many energy sources in Italy, they turned to renewable energy. Over the last year, Tocco has been building wind turbines and solar panels over the old olive groves in order to stray away from the high fossil fuel prices. They are converting the city from using electricity into using the power from the sun and the wind, and because of this, other small cities are being inspired to do the same. This was talked about on September 29, 2010 reported by Elisabeth Rosenthal.

The opinions are offered when explaining how little energy Italy naturally has and how expensive and destructive it is to the environment. The opinion is that this is a great start to a new king of renewable energy source that Italy will benefit from. The direction is very positive, hoping that this experiment will last and help the community. It is very pro environmentalist because the reporter shows how she is very accepting of new forms of energy instead of burning fossil fuels. In conclusion, it is said that “Tocco itself was primed for success” , and this is because with increasing technology wind and solar panels could be a very realistic was of powering whole cities.

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B. Human Population

1. Growth rates and doubling times

2. Population size- strategies for sustainability

3. Impacts of population growth- resource use

IV. Land and Water Use

D. Other land use

1.planned development

V. Energy Resources and Consumption

B. Energy Consumption

1. Industrial Revolution

2. Energy crisis

C. Fossil Fuel Resources and Use

3. World Reserves and global demand

F. Energy Conservation

1. Energy Efficiency

G. Renewable Energy

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VVI. Global Change

B. Global warming

1. greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect

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