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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Geothermal Energy
11:10 AM
Sorry for the lack of post. The hostel we are staying at in Fairbanks promised free wireless, but somehow, none of us are able to connect. Im gonna summarize as quick as possible. So we've ended the second leg of our journey, having reached Fairbanks. Yesterday we took some time to understand the heritage of native Alaska at the University of Alaska Museum while taking a couple of days break from the wilderness. Today we were able to visit the Cheena hot springs, a recreation site run completely on Geothermal Energy. Geothermal Energy is a promising form of renewable energy and should definitely be explored further wherever possible. It is possible in areas where vast amounts of hot air can be generated and transferred to turbines that spin the generator. At cheena, they've managed to use hot air at about 175 degrees Fahrenheit to run the process, much less than the 250 degrees engineers predicted was needed. The recreation site was in a huge deficit at the turn of the millennium but that all began to change when they started harnessing the hot air from the spring to run the site on geothermal energy. With rising fuel prices, this is something to seriously explore especially since Alaska is filled with sites posing such high temp differentials. We've got loads more information to share on this, perhaps we can do so when there is a steady connection. Labels: Alaska, Cycling, Zero Limits posted by Zero Limits at 11:10 AM |
Zero Limits 08
 The Zero Limits Expedition series was initiated by the SMU Office of Student Life. With the aim of providing students the opportunity to grow through adventure learning, this series challenges one to explore, experience and truly exemplify the human spirit. Alaska is the third installment of this series after successful expeditions in Nepal(2005) and France(2006). About Alaska
Having done Asia(Nepal'05) and Europe(France'06), North America was the continent of choice. Known for its vast wilderness, picturesque scenery, mountain ranges and teeming wildlife, Alaska is the epitome of the Great American Wilderness.
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About Team Zero Limits 08.
As a team, we seek to build the fighting spirit that justifies this expedition. 7 hours of cycling a day for 25 days will push our body and spirit to its very limit. It is up to our individual tenacity to keep striving to attain the success we so desire. When we started this mission, we were not cyclist, yet alone sportsmen. But this battle is won in our hearts and minds; the body only serves as a medium. We believe that with an undying spirit and dedicated efforts, we can achieve anything we set our hearts to. This expedition provides the truest test of that.
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