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Wide shot of glacier2. Various shots of Gulfoss waterfall3. Various shots of geyserReykjavik, October 6, 20084. Wide shot of Reykjavik5. Pan across University of Iceland6. Set up shot of Stefan...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eCentral Iceland, October 7, 2008\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot of glacier\u003cbr/\u003e2. Various shots of Gulfoss waterfall\u003cbr/\u003e3. Various shots of geyser\u003cbr/\u003eReykjavik, October 6, 2008\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide shot of Reykjavik\u003cbr/\u003e5. Pan across University of Iceland\u003cbr/\u003e6. Set up shot of Stefan Arnoldsson, professor in geochemistry and specialist in geothermal power\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Stefan Arnoldsson, Professor of Geochemistry and Specialist in Geothermal Power:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The volcanic rocks in Iceland have high permeability, so ground water seeps down and it becomes heated with contact with hot rocks and then it rises through fractures. So we drill into these fractures to tap the water, either if flows out of the wells by itself or it is pumped from the wells. And today almost ninety percent of the people of Iceland use geothermal hot water for heating their homes.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Tilt up swan and ducks on lake \u003cbr/\u003e9. Exterior shot of house\u003cbr/\u003e10. Various shots of woman in kitchen\u003cbr/\u003e11. Various shots of children playing computer games\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Valdis Asta Adalsteinsdottir:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We can drink it. It's pure. When we go we can just take a container with us and we can fill it up everywhere. We don't have to buy it. We drink a lot of water and of course we find that Icelandic water is the best in the world. My twelve-year-old son he doesn't drink any soda. He only drinks water and milk.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Various shots of Valdis preparing bath for her son\u003cbr/\u003e14. Child playing with toys at hot tub\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (Icelandic) Gadi Sveinnsson:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I love being in the bath tub. I always take very long bubble baths as well as showers.\"\u003cbr/\u003eReykjavik, October 8, 2008\u003cbr/\u003e16. Pan across street to exterior shot of caf�\u003cbr/\u003e17. Porunn Sveinbjarnardottir, minister of environment at meeting with environmentalists\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Porunn Sveinbjarnardottir, Minister of Environment, Iceland\u003cbr/\u003e\"We have used both our cold water and not least our hot water, our geothermal water to create a wealthier society. And people are used to that. But now that we have run into hard times I think that people have seen water in a new light.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. Various set ups of Arni Vinksson, member of Icelandic Natural Conservation Association\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Arni Vinksson, member of Icelandic Natural Conservation Association\u003cbr/\u003e\"The energy used for aluminium smelters for this hot water is very very low. It's only ten percent of the whole energy. So we need to be careful not to use it excessively because in the long run if we use it too much it'll be gone and then we will have to wait for another four hundred years before we can start using it again.\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. Various shots of Blue Lagoon geothermal spa\u003cbr/\u003e22. Various shots of geothermal water naturally springing on mountain top\u003cbr/\u003e23. Set up shot of Valgardur Lyngdal Jonsson, PR for Orkuveita Reykjav�kur-Reykjav�k Energy\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE: (English) Valgardur Lyngdal Jonsson,Orkuveita Reykjav�kur-Reykjav�k Energy\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is our oil, our gold, so to speak. If we didn't have this energy we would have to import fossil fuels to provide us with electricity.\"\u003cbr/\u003e25. Exterior shot of geothermal power plant\u003cbr/\u003e26. Various shots of plant\u003cbr/\u003e27. Set up shot of Valgardur Lyngdal Jonsson, Orkuveita Reykjav�kur-Reykjav�k Energy\u003cbr/\u003e28. SOUNDBITE: (English) Valgardur Lyngdal Jonsson, Orkuveita Reykjav�kur-Reykjav�k Energy:\u003cbr/\u003e\"When we are fully built in about two years time we will have six machinery units producing combined three hundred megawatts of electricity. And this power could, in theory, supply the whole island with electricity.\"\u003cbr/\u003e29. Pan across power lines\u003cbr/\u003e30. Exterior shot of power plant\u003cbr/\u003ePeople in Iceland enjoy an abundant supply of cheap energy generated by geothermal power plants. \u003cbr/\u003eBut now Icelanders are being warned to cut back on the use of geothermal water. \u003cbr/\u003eThe government is looking to the hydropower and geothermal energy industries to help carry it through the credit crunch and back to growth. \u003cbr/\u003eAnd it says Icelanders can no longer take this seemingly endless resource for granted.\u003cbr/\u003eAs its name suggests, Iceland is a land of glaciers - they cover about 11% of this remote island nation. \u003cbr/\u003eSnow and ice are melting continuously.  \u003cbr/\u003eWater streaming down to the ocean shapes the landscape creating some of the world's most beautiful waterfalls.\u003cbr/\u003eWith a population of just 320,000 people, Iceland sits between the North Atlantic Ocean and Greenland Sea mid way between Europe and Canada.  \u003cbr/\u003eIt's location at one of the earth's major fault lines - the mid-Atlantic ridge - creates stunning and unique scenery, with lava-strewn flatlands, snow-capped mountains, glaciers, volcanoes and hot springs.   \u003cbr/\u003eIceland's abundance of rivers and glaciers are used to generate 80% of the country's electricity. \u003cbr/\u003eGeothermal fields provide the remaining 20%. \u003cbr/\u003eStefan Arnoldsson, a University of Iceland professor and one of the world's top experts in geothermal energy says \u003cbr/\u003ethat almost ninety percent of the people of Iceland use geothermal hot water for heating their homes, but warns that the resource should not be taken for granted.  \u003cbr/\u003eEnergy is so cheap, that geothermal water is used to keep pavements and car parks snow-free in the winter. \u003cbr/\u003eIt is also used in public bathing pools.\u003cbr/\u003eBlue Lagoon is Iceland's largest geothermal public bath. \u003cbr/\u003eSince it was opened in 1989 it has become one of the country's most important tourist spots. \u003cbr/\u003eGeothermal energy in Iceland happened by chance when at the turn of the last century a farmer seized the steam from a hot spring that ran below his farm to heat his house.\u003cbr/\u003eFour decades later the hot water was piped to houses and swimming pools all around the island. \u003cbr/\u003eIt is also used as drinking water. \u003cbr/\u003eHot water from the springs is cooled and pumped from boreholes into the taps of nearby homes. \u003cbr/\u003eValdis Asta Adalsteinsdottir is from Reykjavik.\u003cbr/\u003eMarried with two children she also works for the country's civil aviation authority.\u003cbr/\u003eValdis says that during winter the family keep their heating system at 25� Celsius.\u003cbr/\u003eShe thinks that Icelanders take water for granted, but she also considers her water to be the best in the world and encourages her sons to drink lots of it.\u003cbr/\u003eHer youngest son Gadi says that all the family take hour-long showers as well as long bubble baths.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever Iceland's Minister of Environment, Porunn Sveinbjarnardottir says Icelanders can no longer take unlimited use of geothermal water for granted. \u003cbr/\u003eArni Vinsson is a member of the Icelandic Natural Conservation Association and a Greenpeace delegate.\u003cbr/\u003eHe fears that continued abundant use of geothermal water may lead to Iceland running out of it for a few centuries which could result in great damage for the country's environment and economy.\u003cbr/\u003eValgardur Lyngdal Jonsson works for  Orkuveita Reykjav�kur-Reykjav�k Energy, Iceland's biggest energy company which runs the Hellisheidi power plant located at the centre of the country a hundred kilometres east of Reykjavik. \u003cbr/\u003eHe describes geothermal energy as Iceland's oil, pointing out that without it, the country would have to import fossil fuels to satisfy energy needs. \u003cbr/\u003eThe three operating turbines of Hellisheidi provide nearly half of Iceland's electricity.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says completion of the plant is expected in two years time when it will house six turbines that will produce enough electricity to provide energy for the whole country.\u003cbr/\u003eUntil recently Iceland was envied for its rapid generation of wealth in the finance sector despite its small stature on the world stage.\u003cbr/\u003eThe stock market boom in the 90's led to an acquisition spree across Europe by cash-rich Icelandic banks and companies.\u003cbr/\u003eIt allowed the country to shift from being a mainstay fishing industry to an international investment force.\u003cbr/\u003eBut in 2008 Iceland saw its economy fall apart under the weight of the global credit crunch. \u003cbr/\u003eThe country's banking system collapsed in October.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's currency, the krona, has lost half its value since January. \u003cbr/\u003eFour Nordic countries and the International Monetary Fund recently pledged a combined $4.6 billion in loans to help Iceland's 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