Earth from Above
Google Earth today unveiled a new layer, called Earth from Above, featuring stunning images taken by the French nature photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand.
At left is one of those images, the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa in Iceland. Each image is accompanied by an interesting statistic: In this case, we learn that 90 percent of the homes in Iceland are heated by electricity produced from geothermal sources.
The photos are accessible from the Global Awareness folder in Google Earth.—Dawn Stover
Image: Yann Arthus-Bertrand/Earth
esta muy bien
Posted by: saul magana | December 13, 2007 at 05:37 PM
The statement that
"In this case, we learn that 90 percent of the homes in Iceland are heated by electricity produced from geothermal sources."
Is wrong. I lived in Iceland for 2 years. Buildings are heated with geothermally heated water, not electricity. A google search produced a site from Iceland which explains that 87% of the electricity is produced by hydro plants and only 13% is produced by geothermal.
http://www.icelandexport.is/english/industry_sectors_in_iceland/energy_in_iceland/
So the question is: what else is wrong in this "science" publication?
Posted by: David | December 16, 2007 at 09:47 AM