Responsibility For Sustainable. Technology, Needs, and. Living. Iceland Integrating. Dedicated to Team Daedalian. Amish & Jen.
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1 Iceland Integrating Technology, Needs, and Responsibility For Sustainable Living Amish & Jen Dedicated to Team Daedalian And 1 car 1
2 Overview of Topics: Overview of Topics: Iceland s s Identity Industries Land Development Iceland s s Resources Biota plants, animals, and fish Image tourism and the economy The Government and Energy Plan Pollution Iceland Today and Tomorrow
3 Iceland s s Identity: Energy Independence International acceptance of venture Money Infrastructure Ministry of the Environment Tradeoffs Power Plants
4 Industry Fishing Natural Resources Land Encourage Business Encourage Business Investment
5 Besides Aluminum Smelting Ferrosilicon Renewable Energy Software, Biotech
6 Land Development Land Development Birth to death ratio ~ 2+ Alcoa and the East Job Creation Maintain clean image
7 Iceland s s Resources: Iceland is a geologically young land mass 2 million years old. Lacks conventional resources Oil issues 90% of citizens live on the coast High monetary cost Economic fishing zone Abandoning oil
8 Iceland s s Past: Clean and Untouched Current reputation that transcends all sectors Dirty Past Answered to The Man at one time Willingness to change Vulnerability
9 Biota Destructive past Birch Forests Wetlands Red listed 51 / 458 vascular plants types 32 / 75 birds types
10 Mammals Arctic Fox American Mink Water Rail (mink and wetland draining)
11 Fish Most important resource For the fish Land Land pollution affects marine environment Untouched to save what remains Rewetting the Dry lands National Parks, pride, and aluminum
12 Iceland s s Image: Tourism Clean and unspoiled Outnumbering Fishing Before geothermal there was fishing VALUABLE RESOURCE 70% of exported goods Stringent regulations Cod, haddock, saithe, redfish, herring, and capelin.
13 Iceland s s Image: High Standard of Living Decoupling of economics and environmental Decoupling of economics and environmental degradation Virtually no poverty Street Interviews Government Agencies Citizens Willingness to pay! Can you believe it?
14 Iceland s s Image: The Blue Lagoon Hottest tourist attraction Geothermal power plant affluent Compare to U.S.A. Not in the master plan Profits in the end.
15 Government: Not of U.S. tradition Althingi 930. Thingvellir Mid Atlantic Ridge 1944 Republic of Iceland Dissolved relations with the Danish Monarchy
16 Government fishing rights: Transitions Trade monopolies, natural disasters, and Trade monopolies, natural disasters, and pollution 1952 Extent of fishing rights were 4 miles off the Extent of fishing rights were 4 miles off the coast Today 200 miles off the coast
17 Government: Still not a part of the European Union Fishing right impingement fears Part of the European Economic Area Allowed to trade and sell in the European arena
18 Energy Plan: Energy Plan: Government regulates the energy industry 90% of heat Thorsteinn Jonsson Clean and Price Competitive Kronas 1 Krona= USD Equivalent to 6.6 to 7.8 cents per kwh U.S. pays 4 to 9.5 cents ISO 14000
19 Energy Plan: Energy Plan: Hydrogen Economy is coming! 15, 470 barrels of oil Time Infrastructure Embracing Transition in recent memory
20 Environmental Plans: Environmental Plans: Reykjavik Conference on Responsible Fisheries in the Marine Ecosystem United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas United Nations Global Program of Action
21 Pollution Marine pollution comes from the land Sewage Low commitment Persistent Organic Pollutants *** PCB, DDT, HCH Industry, agriculture Stockholm Convention, PCB, dioxins
22 Pollution Heavy Metals Pb, Cd,, Cu, Zn Cod, mussels Radioactive Substances Testing Sellafield nuclear reprocessing Chernobyl Medicine
23 Pollution Oil Unreported Utilize renewable Energy
24 Hydrogen Economy Hydrogen Economy Transportation ~ 80% oil Icelandic Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Co. 3 buses.. 80 H 2 generation Electricity can supply 22% needs Plenty of room to expand
25 Hydrogen Economy Hydrogen Economy Cleaner image Small population + lots of cars Lower Greenhouse emissions 1 Car 1 1 Hydrogen 1
26 Iceland Today and Tomorrow: Iceland Today and Tomorrow: Taking away subsidies Kyoto Protocol Eliminate transportation emissions U.N. Convention on Bio-Diversity BIOICE OECD Sustainable development
27 Iceland Today and Tomorrow: Iceland Today and Tomorrow: Geothermal Training Program Leader in environmental conservation Is Iceland ahead of its time, or is the rest of the world just really behind?
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