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This is a business that couldn't stay afloat without substantial subsidies from governments of roughly a dozen high-seas fishing nations - including Japan, South Korea, Russia, Iceland, Spain, France and the Ukraine - according to new research conducted by the University of British Columbia's Fisheries Centre. The subsidies defray substantial fuel costs - trawlers need a lot of power to move nets that weigh 15 tons and stretch a mile deep - keeping these boats working around the clock for weeks and months, mining the deep sea (it takes about four hours to fish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laying Waste to the Deep Sea | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...could devour the underbrush that dries and fuels firestorms. Firefighters could better spend their time tending the goats than periodically risking their lives on uncontrolled fires. The goats could become part of the firefighters' arsenal, as important as trucks, hoses and protective gear. Incentives from insurance companies could help defray the added costs of masonry-and-metal construction as Californians rebuild. With fewer fires in the future, insurance companies would stand to profit substantially. Paul A. Winder, Fort Lauderdale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...could devour the underbrush that dries and fuels firestorms. Firefighters could better spend their time tending the goats than periodically risking their lives on uncontrolled fires. The goats could become part of the firefighters' arsenal, as important as trucks, hoses and protective gear. Incentives from insurance companies could help defray the added costs of masonry-and-metal construction as Californians rebuild. With fewer fires in the future, insurance companies would stand to profit substantially. Paul A. Winder, FORT LAUDERDALE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wildfires of the West | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

...underbrush that dries and fuels firestorms. Firefighters could better spend their time tending the goats than periodically risking their lives on uncontrolled fires. The goats could become part of the firefighters' arsenal, as important as trucks, hoses and protective gear. As Californians rebuild, incentives from insurance companies could help defray the added costs of masonry-and-metal construction. With fewer fires in the future, insurance companies would stand to profit substantially. Paul A. Winder, Fort Lauderdale, Florida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

...underbrush that dries and fuels firestorms. Firefighters could better spend their time tending the goats than periodically risking their lives on uncontrolled fires. The goats could become part of the firefighters' arsenal, as important as trucks, hoses and protective gear. As Californians rebuild, incentives from insurance companies could help defray the added costs of masonry-and-metal construction. With fewer fires in the future, insurance companies would stand to profit substantially...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Nov. 19, 2007 | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

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