Friday, July 3, 2009

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The wind Samso

Repubblica.it Today publishes the following article: Wind, sun, and canola oil, Samso is an island with zero emissions.
Yet another example of how the environment gives us and how we could exploit it. We are talking about wind energy and its intelligent use in Danish island: Samso. The history of wind and its use has its roots quite dated, thinking about this topic in my mind the windmills of the far west, which were often seen in films wester, near the train stations used to pump water for refills of the locomotives, windmills for European mills to grind the grain, or even used by the Dutch windmills to drain the polders and steal a piece 'of land to sea to live. Nobody has ever complained about the aesthetics. Indeed! Today they are regarded as tourist destinations: I think the mills of the island, used as a hotel, the Dutch windmills still in operation, in which some locals are used as bed and breakfast (and are also expensive, with room prices starting at 250 €), the mills of the Greek islands, Samos, Santorini. In
of Repubblica.it, there is an interesting point: many of these "venturbine" Sams are the property of residents, who can climb and enter the engine room of the turbines and uphill to admire the scenery on ' island of Samso. Can be safely considered viewpoints, and then travel with connotation and, as the article says, showing "an ideal balance between reeds and miniature golf, strawberry and debit cards."
One aspect that should make us reflect is that in 10 years you can change energy habits, lifestyle and adjust slightly the concept of environmental impact, as did the inhabitants of Samso (at the end of the 90 here yet imported energy from coal in 2003 and have reached the energy self-sufficiency since 2005 returns to Denmark Samso electricity produced by wind and sun). In a nutshell we earn and not a little and now they are making the Island a paradise sustainable, maybe sell a few years sleeping in a machinery space of a few venturbina some Italian tourist "cutting edge" for 400 € per room (we hope is also included breakfast with good buttery biscuits Danish). They want to import electric cars, take advantage of the waves, grow the reuse of collected live and travel light, and I hope they're not exaggerating!
Behold, the secret is this: make something that could be "aesthetically ugly, into something of tourists required and therefore appreciated that, more importantly, makes a profit, I'm sure it's pure and environmentalists do not consider them Vittorio Sgarbi over the last insult to their beauty and many others. True entrepreneurs are they, the inhabitants of this island. Today I read in the newspaper that the Province of Cremona Marcegaglia inaugurated the mega photovoltaic system on the roof of his Casalmaggiore warehouses in an area of \u200b\u200b40 thousand square meters. What is the right time?
Finally we see the benefits: free energy production after taking account of the cost of installation (installation costs relatively low, about 1.5 € per Watt), government incentives, gains from the sale of energy, tourism earning potential, etc. .. .. I forgot and zero pollution, but that does not matter, it is unnecessary and secondary!?! Sigh! Rightly
the sharpest could argue that wind power has an intermittent nature. But this did not deter the Danes who in May of 2007 they built the first central European wind-hydrogen . In fact, through electrolysis of water is Hydrogen can be obtained that is subsequently used to generate electricity when the energy demand can not be sustained only by the wind. The energy stored in hydrogen is converted into electricity through fuel cells or a combustion engine connected to an electric generator.
Finally I conclude this post with a quote from a Danish philosopher (S. Kierkegaard) who delighted (just) the fourth hour of philosophy in high school: " To exist means" to choose ", and indeed can be. But this is not wealth, but the misery of man. Her choice is not its size, but its permanent drama. In fact, he is always faced with the alternative of a "possibility that" and a "no chance" without possessing any criterion of choice. And in darkness, in an unstable position in the continuing indecision, unable to guide his life intentionally, in one way or another. "
Danes, and their luck with many others, are demonstrating their otherwise.

AA

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