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...from around 32% to 16% by 2020 as part of its plan to cut carbon emissions by 60% by 2050. And yet, by all indications, coal seems poised for a comeback. Thanks to high natural-gas prices, worries about gas-reserve levels and the security of supplies, and new "clean-coal" technologies, coal may end up as the bridge fuel of choice to keep Europe's lights burning until renewable, cleaner sources of power become feasible. Richard Budge, ceo of British coal company Powerfuel, says that "a reaffirmation of coal" is under way. Indeed, the British government last week released...
...they're really stupid," says Jonathan R. Gibbins, an energy expert at London's Imperial College. There is some movement toward a cleaner-coal future in Europe. Vattenfall is building a $63 million, 30-MW pilot plant in the east German town of Schwarze Pumpe that uses another, untested clean-coal technology: oxyfuel. The plant will burn coal with pure oxygen instead of air, mixed with CO2 to keep heat levels manageable. What's left is pure CO2. Some is recirculated to aid combustion; the rest is easily captured for sequestration. If the combustion technology works, Vattenfall will build...
...have a list of six or seven expansion opportunities. The one in Oman will be finished in early 2008. Oman was chosen because of its abundance of natural gas. We're considering expanding our Iceland plant based on geothermal electricity--very clean, renewable electricity at reasonable cost. That fits into Alcan's philosophy of developing energy resources to support our smelting and is similar to what we've done in Canada, where we own our electric requirements and generate it through hydropower...
...cuties, and in court decisions that allowed the publication of sexually frank novels like D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover. But pornography was something most people hid under the mattress. Eros was different. It said that sex wasn't dirty; it was a mark of connoisseurship. Eros was clean, a literary and lithographic work of art. Pristinely produced by art director Herb Lubalin, in an elegantly oversized format on both matte and glossy paper, and with hardback covers, it was meant to be displayed. It was a coffee-table magazine, the American Heritage of sexual literacy...
...Bowled Over This lightweight Orikaso dinnerware travels flat to save space and folds into cups, bowls and plates[an error occurred while processing this directive] of various sizes. At a few dollars apiece, they're reusable (and thus environmentally friendly) and easy to clean. A bonus: they're as colorful as any ceramics and a lot less breakable in a backpack. Glowing Gadget When it's time to answer nature's call in the dark of night, mini-lights come in handy. Guyot Designs' Firefly, $22, converts a water bottle into a flashlight whose brightness can be adjusted...