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A group of ninth-graders at Twinfield Union School in Plainfield wants to fight global warming by building a small hydro-electric plant on school grounds. Kids these days.
The "Twinfield Hydro Team" explains their project in an op-ed in today's Times Argus:
We're proposing to divert a small amount of water through an 18-inchpipe before it's returned to the river. Depending on how much waterwe're able to use, we could generate enough power to cut Twinfield's$60,000 energy bill half or eliminate it entirely. We could reduce ourschool's carbon footprint, help our school budget and still maintainproper flows in the river to protect fish throughout the year.
Pretty cool, right? But they wrote the op-ed because they're having a hard time getting through the Agency of Natural Resource's permitting process. Bummer.
I stumbled upon this story while I was looking for Vermont videos on YouTube. I found this one, from James O'Hanlon at Moonlight Video. Last summer, middle school student (now high school student) Emyln Crocker spoke with 89-year-old former state legislator Alvin Warner about a small hydro-electric plant on his land in Lowell. Warner built it in the 1970s, as an alternative to the nuclear power generated by Vermont Yankee.
The best part about this video, other than all of the lush green foliage, is Warner's accent. This dude is no hippy.
Best of luck, you wild, rebellious teenagers!
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Cathy Resmer
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Cathy Resmer is a former staff writer and currently an associate publisher at Seven Days, and is one of the organizers of the Vermont Tech Jam. She's also the Copublisher and Executive Editor of Kids VT, Seven Days' free monthly parenting publication.
Cathy Resmer is a former staff writer and currently an associate publisher at Seven Days, and is one of the organizers of the Vermont Tech Jam. She's also the Copublisher and Executive Editor of Kids VT, Seven Days' free monthly parenting publication.
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