Windspires

GP North should raise money to install a Windspire because having one would mean that North could have wind research be another part for our curriculum. Also, it would create energy for the school, therefore, saving money in the long run. If I wanted to install a Windspire at my house, my neighbors would accept it. I believe they would let me because they understand how necessary it is to help with the bills. If anything, I believe that they would be concerned about the size of the Windspire, and if it would obstruct the beauty of our neighborhood. My monthly average last year was 267 kW/month.

http://www.wcs.k12.mi.us/rei/index.htm
www.gizmag.com/windspire-low-cost-wind-power-alternative/10861/

Kennecott or Not?

AMD(Acid Mine Drainage) is acid that seeps through rock, creating a brew of toxic heavy metals. It is caused by Sulfuric acid which is created when water and air chemically combine with exposed sulfides in the rock. A brownfield clean-up is when Humboldt Mill crushes and grinds rock mined at the company's Eagle Mine. Then nickel and copper concentrates will be separated from the rock and sent to processing facilities. By opening this mine, it will be the
only primary nickel mining operation in the United States. Kennecott will take all water collected from the temporary development rock storage area and put it through a water treatment plant, to purify it for drinking water.

http://www.northwoodswild.og/projects/sulfide-and-uranium-mining
http://www.eagle-project.com/library/media/Heartland_Institute.pdf
http://www.eagle-project.com/our-company21st-Century-Mining/

The Iceland Volcano Eyjafjallajokull

The volcano erupted in Iceland because ice mixing with magma can cause explosive eruptions. Air travel in Europe is being grounded because of the Iceland volcano because planes cannot fly through the "grinding silica ash". Other than the delay of air travel, the volcano has possibly agitated it's neighboring volcano, the Katla volcano. We are now not sure of the volcano's future. This volcano is not affecting the United States because the pyroclastic flow is going from East to West.

Researchers puzzle over how long Iceland volcano will erupt
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0416/Researchers-puzzle-over-how-long-Iceland-volcano-will-erupt
Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in Iceland Erupts, Disrupts Travel
http://www.pdc.org/PDCNewsWebArticles/2010/Iceland/eruption.htm