As I continue to look further into Destiny USA, I decided to focus on the goals of Destiny being green. In a Grist Magazine, author Amanda G. Little introduces the plans of Rogert Congel. She explains how Destiny USA will run on 32 Megawatts of solar electricity. She also explains how Congel hopes this plan will attract many tourist, and become a paradigm-shifting catalyst for the nation's renewable energy use. Although the plans of Destiny USA seem to be beneficial, I would like to look further into the future and see how the plans of being green are proceeding. Can Destiny keep up with their goal of being green? I would like to look into how this will effect the rate of consumerism. Since there will be more stores and restaurants built, it seems that there will be more consumerism and more disposal, and more waste.
Little, A. G., (2005, June, 10). N.Y. megamall aims to run on clean energy.Grist Magazine. Retrieved April 12, 2008, from http://www.msnbc.msncom/id/8048486/page/2/print/1/displaymode/1098/
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I think this idea of shopping = more consumption = more waste, therefore Destiny USA is ultimately a self-defeating entity is a good idea if we can find some data to support it. This isn't the first blog post where it is mentioned by the members of our group.
"will it be enough to cover the cost of renewable energy?" I don't know what you mean by this... Won't it pay for itself because they don't have to buy power from NiMo?
Heh, I can see that you edited you post since I posted my comment.
Yea, I question how exactly he is going to produce enough green power at the DestiNY site to run all the power for the buildings. It takes ALOT of energy to heat and cool these building in the summer and winter. Is it really possible to create enough renewable energy by solar and wind power? Is he planning on using Geo-Thermal heating or something?
Can you put your sources on your posts in the future so I can look into your sources for my research...
You know, it's one thing to question if more comsumerism will be a result of building Destiny, but it seems like it doesn't matter anymore because the process is happening very slowly.
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