Newtopia



Come and meet the people in Newtopia. =We don't want a geothermal power plant in our town. What shall we do to stop it?= Write what you have found out on this page about different sorts of power so that you can help the other people doing the same power source. Some questions you might want to answer to get a good persuarive argument are; What will it cost to set up your power source? How much power will it produce? Where will it go? The Newtopia town will need at least 12 gigawatts (GW), (12000000 kilowatts (kW)) of power.

Geothermal power
Natural features are damaged by geothermal development. In Geyser valley, one of the first features to vanish was the great Wairakei geyser. (Brock) Fluids drawn from the deep Switzerland had to shut down after experiencing an earhthquake. (Amy)

Hydro power
Powers 19% of the worlds power (715000mW) (Brad/Milly) Dams take up a lot of room and build up pressure in the lake. (Brad)

Wind power
97 wind turbines create 48.5mW of power (Jess)

Solar power
In 2003 solar power produced 2% of USA power.(Zac) Solar panels cost 286USD/Watt (William) Solar panels are now in houses (Tyler/Conor)