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...doesn't come cheap. Schutt says installing cathodic protection on a new pipeline with a fresh protective outer coating may require an anode installation every 20 miles, at a cost of about $1,000 a mile. However, an older pipeline whose coating has worn away might require a more drastic approach--a continuous anode running parallel to the pipeline, which could cost as much as $75,000 a mile. Pipeline companies may not be happy with repair expenses, he concedes, but the alternatives are much worse. "The cost of replacing a pipeline--literally digging it up--is very high...
...Despite its displeasure, however, Turkey's government is unlikely to make good on its threats to take retaliatory action against the U.S. even if a resolution clears House. "The government is disinclined to consider drastic moves like an embargo, or closing Incirlik," says Birand. The real outcome of Wednesday's bill may be to strengthen a growing tide of ultra-nationalist isolationism in Turkey, fueled by public perceptions of being unwanted by Europe (it is seeking to join the E.U.) and ignored by the U.S. One recent victim was high-profile Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, who was shot...
...uprooting thousands more. Climatologists are pointing to the downpours as proof that predictions that Africa will suffer the most from global warming and climate change are already coming true. The human toll is what makes all the headlines, but the consequences for Africa's wildlife is just as drastic...
...clumsiest and most tactless move, Pilbeam posted his letter to the UC leadership on his Web site. A far more reasonable course of action would have been to continue working in private with student leaders, or at least give them fair warning before publicly announcing such a drastic change. Instead, the Dean alienated virtually the entire student body by being so overtly disrespectful to their representatives. Adding insult to injury, since uploading the letter Pilbeam has refused to return phone calls, reply to student inquiries, or share access to the liability reports that originally put the UC party fund?...
...Reading Earth's Danger Signs I appreciated Nancy Gibbs' column about several recent warnings delivered on the state of the environment [Sept. 24]. Yet even with an awareness of the crisis, I am at a loss to know what the solutions might be. Gibbs noted that even drastic reductions in greenhouse gases would not be enough to prevent the melting of the Arctic ice cap. We need to know the maximum amount of harmful waste that can be tolerated globally and devise a concrete plan to stay within that limit. This may necessitate enormous changes within our society. Claudia Schaer...