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Abstract
Located on Iceland’s southwestern coast, Vetnibörg is a thriving metropolis established to revitalize Iceland’s economy following its financial collapse in 2008. Today, with 240,000 citizens, Vetnibörg boasts the world’s first hydrogen economy, supported by sustainable design principles that reduce the use of non-renewable resources and create a healthy environment for its citizens.
Vetnibörg’s multifaceted energy infrastructure harnesses renewable, carbon neutral energy. Enhanced Geothermal Systems offer forty times the energy capacity of traditional geothermal systems. Deep injection wells created by super-pressurized hydro-fractures force water into minute pores in hot basement rocks, causing subsurface crevices to expand. Production wells channel superheated steam from these crevices to turbines, generating clean, abundant energy.
Controlling Monkey Menace
K K Sharma
Over the past few decades there has been a steady and steep increase in the population of Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) commonly known as monkey. The population of monkeys has grown at an alarming rate during the last decade. According to the last count there were 50 million monkeys in India which has resulted in their migration from the forest areas towards towns and cities and also to the cultivated areas. There is no centralised data bank on monkey raids in the country. According to the official and media reports, 20 States/UTs have reported significant crop damages due to monkey attacks. In 2018, about 250 villages in Jammu reported loss of farm produce worth Rs. 33 crore because of invasion by wild monkeys.