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8 Green Gusher
Bernie Karl hit pay dirt early, but we all may be enriched by geothermal power.
Bernie Karl Hits Geothermal Pay Dirt That May Enrich Us All

The laptop computer that processed these words was powered by electricity from a power plant fueled by water that is just 165 degrees Fahrenheit.

Coffee that temperature is hot, but cool enough to sip and it is widely believed that it is impossible to generate electricity with water that cool. Yet, at a rustic resort located off the electrical grid outside Fairbanks, emission-free electricity is being created with 165 degree water 24 hours per day, and it powers far more than words.

The generating system meets all the electrical needs of the 88- room Chena Hot Springs Resort. It also provides the power to heat the resort’s industrial-sized greenhouse, which grows fresh produce for the resort restaurant, even during the darkest, coldest days of the long interior Alaskan winter. It also supplies the electricity that keeps the resort’s 154,000 cubic foot Aurora Ice Museum frozen during the brief summer, which brings surprising heat. ...

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Special Report
6 A4–B4 We All Go Green
In support of the October 10, 2008, Green Industrial Business and Career Expo, we take an extended look at emerging power resources, greener technologies, and the shifting politics of the A4 era – as in, After 4-dollar-a-gallon gasoline.

16 Hybrids from Foss Maritime and Kenworth Truck
Two of the region’s oldest companies turn to new technologies to create tugboats and trucks that save on fuel costs while dramatically lowering diesel emissions.

20 Ahead of the Curve
The Port of Seattle moves to stay ahead in reducing seaport greenhouse gases.

22 In the Air and On Land
Boeing greens up as the aerospace industry takes a deep, hungry look at the jet fuel potential of algae.

26 Styrofoam Category Killer
Another Vancouver, B.C. company helps us go green: PAKIT creates biodegradable alternatives to Styrofoam and other petroleum-based products.

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