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...answer may come from tapping the heat stored in rock strata at least 5 km below the surface in many parts of the world, including Europe, India, China, the U.S. and Australasia. A report by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last year argued that by mid-century, this type of geothermal energy could supply 10% of America's power...
...important as any glassy cathedral to contemporary art. Here the fiberglass manta ray and skater-boy video of former "Primavera" artists James Angus and Shaun Gladwell sit happily alongside such contemporary jewels as Jean Tinguely's kinetic sculpture and bark painter John Mawurndjul's rainbow serpent. Here, and across Australasia, spring has sprung...
...match the output of 50 Maui gas fields? When dwindling gas flows forced the country's largest power station, at Huntly, to switch to coal last year, there were noisy protests. Once the old station at Marsden Point is modernized, it will be the cleanest coal-fired plant in Australasia, says its owner, Mighty River Power. But that doesn't impress critics, who say getting electricity from coal is a betrayal of New Zealand's Kyoto Protocol obligations. "It's a backward step for us to start using coal," says Fitzsimons...
...Travel Company, tel: (643) 379 7134. Meanwhile, Adventure Associates, tel: (612) 9389 7466, organizes departures from Tasmania. For a three-week cruise, expect to pay at least $12,000 a head in a triple cabin or $20,000 for a suite. Also bear in mind that reaching Antarctica from Australasia takes about four days, as opposed to two from Argentina...
...world where sport, commerce and culture know few borders. Oracle, representing the U.S., draws 28% of its team from New Zealand and 17% from Europe. OneWorld Challenge, representing the Seattle Yacht Club, is flying seven national flags at its team base. Swiss Alinghi and Italian Prada include sailors from Australasia and all over Europe. "The challenge within the challenge," says Prada's general manager, Giacomo Ovidi, "is that people of different nationalities can work as a team and achieve great results." If Alinghi wins the Cup, it could stage the next event in Italy, France or Spain - anywhere with...