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Article: Seaworthy coating solutions: new powder coatings and thermal spray application technologies are improving the fuel efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of modern marine vessels.(Innovation spotlight)
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- Finishing Today
- Article date:
- February 1, 2008
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Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink ..." laments the ancient mariner in the poem of the same name. Though W many of us remember this line from our school days, few of us recall the next line, "The very deep did rot." Even without remembering the text, many of us today would repeat the ancient mariner's complaints: The water around us is barely fit to drink, and the pollution problem indeed runs deep. Polluted coastal waters cost the world economy more than $12.5 billion dollars annually in death and disease. At least part of the problem stems from the burning of fossil fuels, which account for 80% of the world's total energy ...