Word: convert
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OZONE DESTRUCTION. The layer of ozone, a highly reactive form of oxygen, in the stratosphere absorbs much of the ultraviolet radiation from the sun, protecting humans and other organisms from an overdose of these solar rays. But the layer is fragile, susceptible to a number of chemicals that convert ozone back into ordinary oxygen. According to the U.N. report, the widespread use of fluorocarbons as propellants for aerosol spray deodorants and other products may have already depleted the ozone layer by 1%, and could cut it by as much as 10% by the year 2050 unless the use of fluorocarbons...
...power except the magnets, and the gas in there will be burning just like our own little sun." After that, researchers would have to achieve the point at which a fusion reactor produces more power than it uses and then build a demonstration plant that will actually convert the enormous heat produced by fusion into electrical energy. ERDA believes that the first such facility could be ready by the mid-1990s and that fusion plants could begin supplying energy to the U.S. early in the next century...
Paco knew how to get it, too, and it wasn't by hanging around his room trying to convert his roommates to The Cause. Especially when there wasn't much of a cause left for Paco except Paco. So he stopped arguing with the rich kid so much, in fact he got pretty close to him--close enough to smell the money, close enough to see what it's like to be able to go to school and not have to worry about anything except how well the stocks Dad gave you for Christmas are doing. Close enough to meet...
...what has Jimmy Carter done lately for his mentor? Not much. As one of his first major acts, he moved to spike the admiral's guns by slashing from the Navy's proposed budget $733.3 million -to be used to convert the nuclear-powered cruiser Long Beach into an antimissile defense ship and to begin building a nuclear strike cruiser and a fifth nuclear aircraft carrier. The President apparently agreed with other Navy brass that money for new surface ships would be better spent on less costly oil-fired craft, such as frigates. This would leave Rickover with...
...other matters, the Republicans and the President are in agreement. The G.O.P. too wants more coal production and would provide tax incentives for companies to convert from gas to coal. Like Carter, the Republicans would provide tax credits for insulation and other energy-saving equipment, and draw up tough efficiency standards for home appliances. They would encourage utilities to insulate homes and recover costs by monthly billing; Carter's plan would force utilities to offer that service...