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In the early stages of development of the colony, communication will be hard to come by since there are no reception towers and/or telegraph lines. In this situation, we are forced to use primitive means of communication. This includes the use of smoke signals, horns and sirens, and also signs. These would be the means of communication available in the early stages of colonisation. The next step would be to utilise two-way radios on the island as a mean of communication. This is because the radios do not require reception towers or telegraph lines. The radios would be a big step-up in the communication progress. As time passes, we would be able to set up reception towers and telegraph lines to increase our means of communication to a more reliable and faster manor. With these reception towers and telegraph lines, communication would be managed in ways of telephoning. Establishing communication by the telephone would be the goal to reach for this little colony. Having these reception towers would enable to island to contact the 'outside' world. This would enable cellular phones to be used via the satellite connections established when setting up the reception towers. This was one of the goals for the communication sector. With letter writing, as a group we thought that it would be a source of communication. The members whom live on the island can send one another in order to get a through to each other.
 * Communication **
 * - ** **What are possible sorts of communication? **
 * **Primitive ways of Communication ****(early stages of developing colony) ** || **Communication means of an established colony ** ||
 * Smoke signals || Two Way Radios (walkie-talkie) ||
 * Horns and Sirens || Telephone ||
 * Signs || Pager ||
 * Letter writing || Cellular Phones ||

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">We believe that the reception towers we have planned to set up on this island would have to be imported in from the 'outside' world. The reception towers would not be able to be built with the materials available to us on this island. Materials that will be imported from the 'outside' world are timber, metal poles and wiring in order for the towers to be built. These materials are not available within the island. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Two or three reception towers would be suitable for this island. The telegraph lines would also be needed to be set up on this island. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">The only materials that would be useful for this part of the project would be the large timber and large trees in the forest. We would be able to use these materials as telegraph poles. we are not sure that any other materials available on the island would be helpful in this situation.
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- ** **<span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">How would we build the towers for reception in relation to communication? **
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- ** **<span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">How many? **
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- ** **<span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">What materials can we use? **

The only materials we can use that are from the island are basically timber which we can get from the trees in the forest surroundings.

It has been confirmed from our task force leaders that the island has been permitted to set up satellite networks; this will enable mobile phone connection and also internet connections. Both of these forms of communication can be use between the island settlements and the wider world <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">In this case, we are trying to make a sustainable energy based island. This means that we would have to consider an enviro-friendly way of transport. This obviously takes cars and other fossil fuel depended vehicles off the list of necessary means of transport. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">The means of transport suitable for this scenario would be anything electric powered or mechanical powered.
 * What is ****<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">permitted **** on the island? **
 * Transport **
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- ** **<span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">What possible sorts of transport could be on island? **

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Electric powered chair lift, we would set up an electric powered chair lift as the major means of transport on this island. This chair lift would have a few major stop-overs in the major parts of the island. The chair lift would have a cabin which you get into, and it transports you via the chair lift lines through the island. The cabin would also have a separate compartment for which you can transport things around. The chair lift would be electric powered which makes it a positive when we are thinking of enviro-friendly and sustainable energy. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">The materials for the chair lift required is obviously the lines and the pole lines to where the chair lift will travel through. It will also have to have several drop points with platforms for where you can get off the chair lift. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">The mechanical side of the chair lift would also be needed to be implemented. This means a motor with a reliable gearbox and drive trains. This also has to be powered by electricity and not fossil fuel. This will give our transportation means an enviro-friendly characterisitic. Another major factor which would be required is labourers <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">For a big project like the electric powered chair lift, we would need to import almost everything mentioned above. There is not enough materials suitable for this project on the island. Importing and implementation is necessary in this situation.
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- ** **<span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">CREATIVE THINKING; Bikes? **
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- ** **<span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">What materials would we need to be certain transport? **
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- ** **<span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Would we import it? **

- Push bikes - Tuk tuks - Boats (the river) - Carriages (horse)
 * Other possible modes of transport: **

<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Since we are looking at a more sustainable energy means of operation of the island, the source of our energy will be coming from nature. We will try to minimise fossil fuels as much as we can by implementing green energy throughout the island. This means that most of our energy will be coming from nature in means of solar, wind and hydro powers. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Luckily for us, the island that we have been shipped off to is like a gold mine for sustainable energy. The nature around the island will be able to produce the energy for us <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">//Solar Energy-// Since the island is located in the pacific's, this means that the island is exposed to a high rate of sun rays. We could install a great number of solar panels on the east side of the island (because it gets the most sun rays), or even all over the coast line of the island, to get a good strong level of sun rays on the panels, which in turn would turn into energy. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">//Wind Power-// It was discovered that the island is exposed to great winds on the western side of the island. The western side of the island also has high elevation mountains which would be a great place to set up wind farms, knowing that the winds are a lot stronger as you get higher. Setting up these wind farms in these locations would have a great potential in obtaining significant amount of energy due to wind power. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">//Hydro Power-// When we see the layout of the island, we can see that the western side of the island has a few rivers which come down from a high elevation point. These locations would be ideal to set up a hydro-energy farm. With the high elevation and also a great rainfall in this region, the potential of a successful hydro-energy farm is great. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">The island is located in the pacific and therefore the exposure to the sun is very high. Solar panels will be installed on each house as they are being built. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">There are two ways that we can transfer the energy provided by the renewable energy farms. One of the ways would be to set up big battery packs at the wind, water and solar farms. These energy packs would absorb the energy created by the renewable energy farms and store them. When these battery packs fill up, they would be able to be taken out and transferred to locations in demand for energy, whilst another battery pack replaces the full one. This process would be a continuous one. <span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">The second way would be the create energy stations with power line which go directly from the energy sources to the colony and other energy demanding locations. Energy stations would have to be imported onto the island and implemented for reliable and efficient results. We need to determine how much energy needs to be produced. At this stage it is hard to come to a definite figure, as we still do not know the vital information which would help us determine a figure. Some of the questions surrounding this issue are: How many people will be living on the island? What will energy be used for- transport, housing? How can the energy be stored?
 * Energy **
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- ** **<span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Where will we get energy from? **
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- ** **<span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">How? **
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- ** **<span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Solar energy? **
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">- ** **<span style="color: red; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Building energy stations? **
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">-How much? **