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Ashton Island Task one) The team has four wooden buildings; this obviously means that a fire as means of warmth is out of the question. Also, seeing as there are no natural resources such as coal, oil or gas, our solutions are somewhat limited. However, one solution to the team's problem could be geothermal energy. The rocks under the Earth's surface are hot. The solution I have would be to use this warmth. I would either surround the building in these rocks, therefore trapping the heat inside, or I would use the warmth of the rocks to produce hot water and then circulate this throughout the building through pipes. This is known as geothermal energy. Another solution I have is to use solar panels. I would use these solar panels to catch the sun's rays; water could then be passed slowly through the panel so that it heats up. The newly hot water...

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