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...earth's heat has been tapped to make electrical power since 1904. In the mountains north of San Francisco, a rich geothermal area called the Geysers produces about 40% of the city's electricity. In most of these applications, the geothermal energy is released as scalding steam. Unfortunately, reserves of accessible underground water hot enough to produce steam (above 212° F.) have been found only in scattered areas of the globe, which has until now hindered wider application of geothermal energy...
...business and tourist officials were merchandising the foliage as never before. Ski areas opened their chair lifts and gondolas for bird's-eye viewing of the foliage, and towns held foliage festivals, turkey shoots and lumberjack breakfasts. Travel agencies booked tree-watching tours on buses, sightseeing boats, antique steam engines and even World War I biplanes...
...letting off steam, the resolution may do wonders for the enraged Faculty, but it's unlikely to have enormous impact...
...elevation of the miner's position to that of workers in other industries comes during a period of change for the coal industry. American energy needs will require a doubling of coal production by 1980. The coal industry, which has undergone a longterm decline since the disappearance of the steam locomotive, will have to expand at an unprecedented rate to meet the nation's energy requirements. Electric generators that presently burn oil will have to switch to coal, and coal gasification plants will begin to replace diminishing natural gas reserves in the late 1970's. Despite the impending boom...
...healthy exercise for newsmen to write fiction. It keeps it out of their stories, and preserves their sanity. Whitten seems to have a strong background in alchemy and other occult sciences, so he should continue to let off his steam in literature. It may not be the best way to the philosopher's stone, but at least it may help Whitten find a modest pot of gold...