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PEAT

PEAT. “The rate of exploitation of a resource is related to technological change”. What is peat?. Peat is a soil that is made up of rotted dead plants which have built up on top of each other in waterlogged places for thousands of years. Bogs. Raised bog. Blanket bogs. 2 types of bogs.

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PEAT

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  1. PEAT “The rate of exploitation of a resource is related to technological change”

  2. What is peat? • Peat is a soil that is made up of rotted dead plants which have built up on top of each other in waterlogged places for thousands of years.

  3. Bogs

  4. Raised bog

  5. Blanket bogs

  6. 2 types of bogs • Raised-found in the Midlands. Can be up to 12metres deep • Blanket-found in upland and lowland areas of the West of Ireland. Can be up to 3 or 4 metres deep

  7. Blanket bog

  8. The “old way” of cutting peat • Meitheal: Group of neighbours and friends who worked together at a common task in rural Ireland.

  9. Turf Stacks-Peat is called turf when it is cut

  10. Sleán-How do you think this was used?

  11. Question time • Do you think this work was fast? • What do you think was done to make extracting the peat quicker?

  12. Bord na Móna

  13. Bord na Móna • Set up in 1946 • Why? • To exploit the bogs. • What does exploitation mean? • Why would Bord na Móna want to exploit the bogs?

  14. The “new” way-Peat Production

  15. Stage 1 • The bog is drained. • Why would the bog have to be drained? • How does this make the work easier?

  16. Ditcher-Why do you think the tyres are so wide?

  17. Grader

  18. Stage 2 • The peat is harvested • How was peat harvested before?

  19. Miller

  20. Harrow

  21. Ridger

  22. Stage 3 • The peat is transported • How do you think the peat was transported in the past?

  23. Phase 4 • The peat is marketed

  24. Uses of peat • Milled peat-ESB power stations in the Midlands • Briquettes • Garden peat/moss peat • Sod peat

  25. Milled Peat

  26. Peat Briquettes

  27. Garden/moss peat

  28. Sod Peat

  29. Bog Debate • Keep using them up? • Preserve them before they run out?

  30. Keep using them? • Source of fuel-electricity. Don’t have to import oil • Export-make money • Bord na Móna-jobs • Grasslands • Forests-what can we use these for?

  31. Preserve them before they run out? • Home to rare plants and animals • Home to many birds in winter • 51% of the total remaining bogs in Europe • Archaeology-bog man!

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