Monday, January 24, 2011

South Pole World

The South Pole station is really its own world.  In many ways the South Pole Station is a microscosmos of the global problems we face: Waste management, energy usage, living space, over-population. All fuel for the station is brought in by plane. All waste is flown out of Antarctica. Recycling is taken to an extreme. Showers and water usage is minimized. And resource usage per person are tracked.

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