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Rendering inferno

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In the year 2003, more than 2300 fires torched three quarter of a million acres-nearly 20 percent of the total burned by wildfires across the US. It is reported that though the smoke jumpers are getting the glory for winning over, the actual people working behind it are the wildfire simulation brigade.

Author: Behar, Micheal
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2004
Montana, Practice, Wildfires, Wildfire fighters, Bunnell, Dave

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Inherit the wind

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The efforts of the energy utility Wind Energy Systems Technology to redesign unused oil equipment, to establish a wind farm in the areas close to the Gulf of Mexico, are described. The proposal to supply clean energy from this wind farm, to the surrounding areas, is discussed.

Author: Geoghegan, John
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2007
United States, Market information - general, Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities, Energy via Wind Power, Energy Supply, Supply and demand, Environmental aspects, Technology application, Energy industries, Wind power, Energy industry

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The mad genius from the bottom of the sea

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John Pina Craven is the governor of Northern Mariana Islands. They are chain of islands about 3000 miles to the west. The method of producing electricity from cold deep ocean water and hot surface water is discussed.

Author: Hoffman, Carl
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Wired
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1059-1028
Year: 2005
Government domestic functions, Electric Power Generating, Electric Power Generation, Electric services, Motor and Generator Manufacturing, Motors and generators, Northern Mariana Islands, Wave Power, Wave Power & Tidal Elec Generators, Management, Usage, Energy policy, Natural resources, Company business management, Electric power production, Ocean wave power, Craven, John Pina

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