Iceland, a model for other nations in the exploitation of their natural resources :: WRAL.com
The mighty waterfalls are fed by melting glaciers. Almost all glaciers in Iceland are retreating. Climatologists predict that glaciers will largely disappear over the next 100 to 200 years.
ON TO ESCAPE HERE IN >> WELCOME. THE WRAL’S AT BIG ICELAND ADVENTURE IS IN FULL STYLE TODAY. METEOROLOGIST KAT CAMPBELL VISITED THE SOUTH SHORE OF THE COUNTRY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT USING RENEWABLE ENERGY TO POWER THE WHOLE COUNTRY. >> TODAY WE EXPLORE THE SOUTH SHORE OF ICELAND BECAUSE OF MAJESTIC WATERFALLS AND BLACK SAND BEACHES. IT ALL SOUNDS VERY GAME OF THRONES, NO? WELL, MUCH OF THE SHOW WAS FILMED HERE. IN FACT, JOHN SNOW RIDES A DRAGON HERE. I DON’T HAVE A DRAGON, BUT I HAVE A DRONE. ICELAND IS FAMOUS FOR ITS BREATHTAKING WATERFALLS. TODAY WE VISITED SEVERAL WATERFALLS AND THE POWERS ARE POWERED BY MELTING GLACIERS. >> EVERY PATIENT WE HAVE HERE IS SLOWLY DISAPPEARING. AND NOW IT HAPPENS MUCH FASTER THAN IT SHOULD HAPPEN. ALMOST ALL ICELANDIC GLACIERS ARE RETREATING. >> AIR CONDITIONERS HERE FORECAST GLACIERS WILL LARGELY DISAPPEAR OVER THE NEXT 100 TO 200 YEARS. THIS MONUMENT IS TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN A CULTURE. SO WIDELY FOCUSED ON ITS NATURAL ELEMENTS. HOWEVER, THE LOCALS ARE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO PROTECT THEIR BEAUTIFUL NATURAL LAND. ICE LEE RUNS ENTIRELY ON RENEWABLE ENERGY THAT USES THE LANDS. HYDRO AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE ELECTRICITY. THE COUNTRY OF NORTH CAROLINA USES ONLY 16% OF RENEWABLE RESOURCES. BETWEEN CLEAR OBJECTIVES AND GUIDELINES FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE AND ALREADY USING 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY, EISEN IS A MODEL FOR OTHER NATIONS AND EXPLOITS THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES. WE ALL KNOW THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM. WE TEACH THIS TO OUR CHILDREN IN SCHOOL AND WE TEACH IT TO THEM. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT BUT WE REMOVE IT FROM THIS PLANET BECAUSE IF WE DON’T, THEN IT WILL NOT. >> WE WILL PLAN FOR US. THIS MIGHTY WATERFALL. HERE IS MY ONE OF THE MELTING GLACIERS WON’T BE MUCH MORE TO SEE >> DRAGON MUST ALWAYS COMPLY WITH AN ATV FOR THE TORAH. MY FOOT ON THE SOUTH SHORE >> I FEEL LIKE I’M JUST THERE AND FOLLOWING THE PICK ISOLATED VENTURE RIGHT HERE ON WRAL. TOMORROW, CAT WILL VISIT. YOU WILL COOL THE GLACIER LAGOON SO LONG. DIAMOND BEACH TOO. THEN WATCH LIVE REPORTS EVERY MORNING AT 6:00 AM AND AGAIN ON WRAL NEWS AT 6:00 PM. SHE
