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...Govemment $246,914,156 2. IBM $74,109,498 3. Ford $55,562,975 4. Mobil $53,036,556 5. Exxon $41,937,361 6. Quebec Hydro-Electric $31,354,629 7. GM $30,614,761 8. Eastman Kodak $26,824,948 9. Continental Oil $22,064,320 10. General Reinsurance...
...Harvard's Ten Favorites 1977-1978 1. U.S. Govemment $172,948,919 2. IBM $69,514,352 3. ATT $57,159,868 4. GM $43,177,075 5. Exxon $36,149,488 6. Schlumberger, Ltd. $28,412,199 7. General Reinsurance $24,090,120 8. Quebec Hydro-Electric $23,873,934 9. Standard Oil, California $20,912,364 10. Mobil...
...Hydro. Fifty years ago, the U.S. got a third of its electricity from dams. But many were destroyed or abandoned during the era of cheap oil, and that contribution has since dropped to less than 15%. But water power is now coming back into fashion...
...study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers concludes that there is an untapped power supply of 40,000 Mw from new and existing U.S. dams that have been allowed to fall into disuse, enough to power 100 cities the size of Washington. By some estimates, if all the hydro sites now under study could be repaired, they would yield the energy output of 16 nuclear plants for the cost of only 2% new nuclear plants...
...clients study the National Coal Policy Project. Companies that mine and use coal formed it with environmental leaders, and together they reached productive compromises to speed the digging and burning of coal. Similarly, Diebold's clients ponder the example of Pennsylvania Power & Light and Canada's Ontario Hydro. Before building a power plant, they solicit citizen volunteers to examine a number of sites and pick the one that seems the most desirable-and environmentally safest. Perhaps other corporations would be wise to join with real or potential critics instead of fighting them so hard...