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...exist only in gaseous form above the ground. It can also be entrained safely in certain kinds of rocks. Gather the rubble and either treat it with chemicals or blast it with heat, and you can free up unlimited quantities of oxygen both for breathing and for rocket fuel...
...enhanced substantially by global warming." You should have quoted him in a story about whether carbon dioxide emissions and the greenhouse effect are making hurricanes worse. John Meyer Golden, Colorado, U.S. I commend your choice of global warming as a cover story. The effects of worldwide climate change, fueled by human activity, are becoming ever more apparent. Even if it turns out that warmer temperatures do not strengthen tropical storms, we need only look north to find alarming signs of warming trends. Many studies document melting polar ice caps, thinning permafrost and rising sea and air temperatures in the Arctic...
...1970s-style inflation. As long-term interest rates rise, it should cool the economy's bubble-spot, real estate, which will cause consumers to rein in their spending and prevent companies from raising prices too much. Meanwhile, as gas and oil production recover from the Gulf Coast hurricanes, fuel prices should stabilize or even fall...
...Things don't look so desperate when you strip out volatile fuel prices. The core consumer rate has risen just 2% the past 12 months, even though overall consumer prices have jumped a more troublesome 4.7% in that period. The big fear is that the core rate will lift as companies raise prices to offset the higher prices they pay for energy. "Inevitably, we'll get some pass-through," says James O'Sullivan, economist at the brokerage UBS. Indeed, Clorox, Marriott, Carnival, Deere and FedEx have already raised or said they would raise prices because of the high cost...
Other interns found a guard who appeared to be asleep, unlocked building doors and, in a number of cases, guided tours that provided easy access to control rooms and reactor pools that hold radioactive fuel...