According to the US Department of Energy (Energy Information Administration), the world consumption of energy in all of its forms (barrels of petroleum, cubic meters of natural gas, watts of hydro power, etc.) is projected to reach 678 quadrillion Btu (or 7.15 exajoules) by 2030 – a 44% increase over 2008 levels (levels for 1980 were 283 quadrillion Btu and we stand at around 500 quadrillion Btu today).
terraforningMeanwhile, concern is growing over a number of new lakes formed by the force of the earthquake. Thirty-four lakes were created in the province when landslides blocked rivers, Xinhua news agency said. Eight held more than 3 million cubic metres of water and one lake, less than 3km (two miles) from Beichuan town, had doubled in size in four days. Officials are monitoring the lakes and have sent experts to assess them, the agency said. Forecasters predict heavy rain in the region next week, which could further raise the water levels in the lakes.
The water poured out of the dam as if pumped through a gigantic fire hose, at the rate of 41,500 cubic feet per second – enough to fill the Empire State Building in 20 minutes.
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PTMac is an easy to use front end for creating panoramas using the powerful Panorama Tools (PanoTools) package. PTMac takes the user through the panorama creation process one step at a time with a friendly interface. PTMac is available for Mac OS X and OS 8.6 to 9.x. PTMac allows you to: * create panoramas in most of the popular formats including equirectangular, cylindrical, Apple's cubic QTVR and more. * create panoramas editable in photo editing programs such as Photoshop and MacGimp. * save custom lens and panorama stitching settings for use on future panoramas. * create cubic Quicktime panoramas for total user immersion.
Introduction to quadratic (truetype fonts and Flash) and cubic curves (aka Bezier-curves).
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CubicConverter converts various types of panoramic images into and out of cubic format QuickTime VR movies. It allows simple conversion of VR media with a drop and a click. The movies and images it creates can then be placed on web pages, incorporated into larger QuickTime projects such as multinode movies, or transferred to authoring environments such as Macromedia Director for complete interactive tours. CubicConverter offers the ability to convert equirectangular, cylindrical, cubic and mirrorball images to cubic format QuickTime VR movies, or convert "back from" existing movies to source equirectangular images and cube faces for use in PTViewer Java applets or Shockwave 3D panoramas.
A new assessment of the rocks of Afghanistan documents much larger petroleum resources than previously thought. The U.S. Geological Survey looked strictly at the geology, without doing any drilling, to estimate that the Afghan-Tajik Basin holds 18 times the amount of oil (over 1.5 billion barrels) and the Amu Darya Basin has several times as much gas (almost 16 trillion cubic feet) as older estimates. This could be a shot in the arm for that precarious country if oil companies can be tempted to drill there.
The Olympic flame continued burning at full force Thursday as organizers ignored a request from environmentalists that it be turned down in honor of the first anniversary of a key global warming treaty. The cauldron, which is nearly 200 feet high, consumes 1,500 cubic meters of natural gas per hour. Organizers said the flame could go out if they reduce the gas flow.
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