How Iceland Turns LAVA Into Electricity

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How Iceland uses volcanoes and lava to power its homes and industry.
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Further Reading:
Exploratorium: www.exploratorium.edu/theworl...
NPS - Geothermal Features: www.nps.gov/subjects/geology/...
The Guardian - Iceland's energy answer comes naturally: www.theguardian.com/environme...
Iceland harnesses Earth's heat: www.newspapers.com/clip/11393...
Soviet threaten oil cut to Iceland: www.newspapers.com/clip/11393...
Hot Springs Cool Iceland Oil Crisis: www.newspapers.com/clip/11393...
Iceland can ignore the oil crisis: www.newspapers.com/clip/11393...
Smelter coming to Iceland wilderness: www.newspapers.com/clip/11393...
Aluminum Production: www.researchgate.net/publicat...
Alcoa's high voltage plans in Iceland ignite dispute: www.newspapers.com/clip/11393...
Bjork's mother starves to stop dam project: www.newspapers.com/clip/11393...
Conservationists reject plans for hydropower plants in untouched Westfjords wilderness: icelandmag.is/article/conserv...
Icelanders protest Karahnjukar Hydropower Project, 2000-2006: nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/con...
Conservationists protest against Iceland dams: www.waterpowermagazine.com/ne...
Protest against hydropower plant in Sumatra ends with injuries: news.mongabay.com/2017/09/pro...
0:00 - Intro
0:37 - Sponsor
2:21 - How Volcanoes Power Iceland
6:43 - Outro
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Just switching them to 12fps :)

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As an Icelander, this coverage is a bit skewed. We get (2021 numbers) over 70% of our electricity from hydro, most of the rest from geothermal. Just 20 years ago, only 17% of the electricity was geothermal. Hydro has, in the past 70+ years, been our main electricity source, and protests against it are vastly overstated in this video. In fact, most Icelanders dislike geothermal more, since its usage releases more carbon dioxide, along with hydrogen sulfide, which is smelly and has some potential negative health effects. Regardless, we are generally proud of our electricity and heating being mostly free of fossil fuel use, and our car fleet is becoming increasingly hybrid or electric (although not fast enough).

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