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...true ice water. Meanwhile, the building is staying at a comfortable 70° F. Of course, the ice ponds could only be used for buildings with a large amount of empty land near by. It would take about 100 tons of ice, or enough to fill a 20-sq.-ft. hole 10 ft. deep, to cool the average American home from spring to autumn...
...1960s, this timeless cycle was broken. With construction of the Aswan High Dam, the largest and most ambitious barrier ever built across the river, the Nile's annual floods were brought under complete control. A 2,000-sq.-mi. reservoir was created, and, through the dam's turbines, enough hydroelectric power was produced to meet half of Egypt's electrical needs. Irrigating canals created a million acres of new farm land...
...story golden tower. Two-bedroom condos will be a steal at $500,000. Top of the line: $11 million seven-bedroom penthouses at the Wilshire House, with a Rolls-Royce and vanity license plate thrown in. The Rolls may be necessary just to navigate across the 7,000 sq. ft. of floor space, which stretches from one of the eight bath rooms to the climate-controlled wine cellar...
...infested areas just south of San Francisco, they were racing against the marvelous reproductive capacities of the tiny Mediterranean fruit fly: a mature female can produce 1,000 eggs over its two-month life span. Last week alone, the targeted area expanded from 120 to 140 to 180 sq. mi. and fears mounted that the fly was about to break out of the Bay Area and move into the lush farm lands of the San Joaquin Valley. The long-range worry: a federal quarantine, which would cripple the state's $14 billion farm industry and send produce prices soaring...
...some parts of the country, building a miniwarehouse is only about half as expensive as constructing an apartment building, which can cost $40 or more per sq. ft. to put up. But demand for storage space is so strong that rates per sq. ft. often very nearly match the yearly rents that apartments themselves command...