To be safe, Russian officials have been packing reserve snow into underground storage facilities for over a year.

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That would finance the costs of issuing and maintaining the Terra, including the costs of the storage of the reserve commodities backing the currency.

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Bruce Walker, head of Centrica Storage (which runs Rough), worries that a government-run reserve would be seen by the private sector as a safety net, reducing its incentive to build commercial storage.

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From 1 to 20 April this year, a training course in assessing carbon storage was organized in Yayu Coffee Forest Biosphere Reserve.

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The reserve, located in the Texas panhandle, is the only long-term substantial storage source for helium in the world.

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The first fractional reserve lenders (typically the goldsmiths of bygone days) were those who issued receipts for storage of gold on behalf of others in the community, and who made a side business of lending.

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Wind turbines can only supply electricity when the wind blows, and as long as inexpensive energy storage remains elusive, utility companies will have to combine wind with a resource that can be banked in reserve, like gas.

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