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...Hawaii were delighted with your article on "Cooking with Bagasse," covering our alternative energy activities [Sept. 20]. However, the discussion of ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) confuses several separate projects. You note the success of the mini-OTEC facility and then state: "But a larger plant built in 1981 off Kailua-Kona, on Hawaii, was a $50 million failure." The larger plant you refer to was a Federal Government project, which was terminated owing to lack of federal funds. Contrary to your statement, Hawaii has not ordered designs for four new 10-megawatt OTEC plants. Rather, the Federal Government...
...After a mini-slump--three losses in five matches--the Harvard women's volleyball team threw its weight around and soundly defeated the Tufts Jumbos (that's the squad's name), 15-10, 16-18, 15-10, 15-7, last night...
...must take immediate action. Precious University resources are flowing from the endowment coffers for pom-poms and megaphones; pleated mini-skirts for the gals, and snug-your-bum slacks for the guys. Underprivileged students, meanwhile, yearn for larger scholarships; scientists of every stripe cut throats for research funds; and the window men at Lowell House have vowed not to remove their scaffolding until someone starts paying the bills down there. Can we afford cheerleaders in times of fiscal austerity...
...service has proved to be a hit with people who want a high-fashion look without the high price, and business is up 30%. "I like the mini-service a lot better," says Janette Fennell, 24, a secretary for a Beverly Hills law firm. "I've gone to so many hairdressers, but they never do it right. It's a lot cheaper, and I do it better myself...
...alone as the entire U.S. now consumes. OTEC utilizes warm surface waters to heat pressurized ammonia, which vaporizes, expands and propels a power turbine. Then the gaseous ammonia is cooled by subsurface waters, converted back to a liquid and repeats the process all over again. In 1979 a floating mini-OTEC plant generated a net 15 kilowatts per hour, making it the first such plant to produce more energy than it consumes. But a larger plant built in 1981 off Kailuakona, on Hawaii, was a $50 million failure: corrosion of the heat-exchange pipes by sea water and fouling...