Kankake Island Research Paper
Christian Lopez
English 1A
Mr. Ahearn
May 20, 2014
Semester Draft
Kankake Island “Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.” – Theodore Roosevelt. In my own words I think Theodore Roosevelt implies that we need to be grateful for the natural wonders the earth has given us and the history it has behind it, to be considerate and think about the future generations of the planet. If the ignorance of selfish people destroys your home, do not let them. It is too valuable. Our limitations have escaped …show more content…
Heat is continually produced there, mostly from the decay of naturally radioactive materials such as uranium and potassium. The most common current way of capturing the energy from geothermal sources is to tap into naturally occurring "hydrothermal convection" systems where cooler water seeps into Earth's crust, is heated up, and then rises to the surface. When heated water is forced to the surface, it is a relatively simple matter to capture that steam and use it to drive electric generators. Geothermal power plants drill their own holes into the rock to more effectively capture the …show more content…
Coconut, banana, sugar, bamboo, rice, pineapple, cocoa beans, are the most important crops we grow. It’s what we live off of. There is also a fishing company at the island which goes out and gathers only the fish the island needs. They do it once every two to three weeks so that the environment can replenish itself. Co-op companies are well known in our island mainly for their mutual, social, and economic benefit. Trade is also practiced in some of the villages around the island as well. We also do not grow our crops with pesticides! On the island we are all aware of the devastation and corruption pesticides do. Everything is grown organically and nothing is tampered with. OrganicConsumers.org states that “at the systems level, organic agriculture that builds soil and encourages biodiversity delivers more diverse/profound benefits and ecological services than farming which amounts to ‘agricultural sacrifice areas’ divorced from their geological surroundings”, which would be superb for our environment. Mostly everyone travels on bikes or walks being that the country is small. Only some people own cars, and some of those cars are hybrids, which are imported. On our island some resources are abundant. Metals such as, steel, aluminum, copper, etc, are scarce. Importing these goods is vital for building our city structures and public facilities. Most of the houses are
English 1A
Mr. Ahearn
May 20, 2014
Semester Draft
Kankake Island “Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.” – Theodore Roosevelt. In my own words I think Theodore Roosevelt implies that we need to be grateful for the natural wonders the earth has given us and the history it has behind it, to be considerate and think about the future generations of the planet. If the ignorance of selfish people destroys your home, do not let them. It is too valuable. Our limitations have escaped …show more content…
Heat is continually produced there, mostly from the decay of naturally radioactive materials such as uranium and potassium. The most common current way of capturing the energy from geothermal sources is to tap into naturally occurring "hydrothermal convection" systems where cooler water seeps into Earth's crust, is heated up, and then rises to the surface. When heated water is forced to the surface, it is a relatively simple matter to capture that steam and use it to drive electric generators. Geothermal power plants drill their own holes into the rock to more effectively capture the …show more content…
Coconut, banana, sugar, bamboo, rice, pineapple, cocoa beans, are the most important crops we grow. It’s what we live off of. There is also a fishing company at the island which goes out and gathers only the fish the island needs. They do it once every two to three weeks so that the environment can replenish itself. Co-op companies are well known in our island mainly for their mutual, social, and economic benefit. Trade is also practiced in some of the villages around the island as well. We also do not grow our crops with pesticides! On the island we are all aware of the devastation and corruption pesticides do. Everything is grown organically and nothing is tampered with. OrganicConsumers.org states that “at the systems level, organic agriculture that builds soil and encourages biodiversity delivers more diverse/profound benefits and ecological services than farming which amounts to ‘agricultural sacrifice areas’ divorced from their geological surroundings”, which would be superb for our environment. Mostly everyone travels on bikes or walks being that the country is small. Only some people own cars, and some of those cars are hybrids, which are imported. On our island some resources are abundant. Metals such as, steel, aluminum, copper, etc, are scarce. Importing these goods is vital for building our city structures and public facilities. Most of the houses are