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Mankind controls the environment in a variety of ways, whether by capturing the force of a river, harnessing the power in coal or oil, controlling a nuclear reaction, or transforming the light of the sun into electricity.
Mankind controls the environment in a variety of ways, whether by capturing the force of a river, harnessing the power in coal or oil, controlling a nuclear reaction, or transforming the light of the sun into electricity.
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S10, EP4 "Oil Firefighting"When a burning gusher shoots flames into the air, only a handful of men know how to snuff out the monster; fighting fire with fire, they place explosives around the flames to blow it out, or douse it with tons of water.
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