But it, too, has its critics who say that the exploration methods are harmful and that more of the national treasure should be invested in sustainable energy.
South Staffordshire Coroner Andrew Haigh will rule at an inquest on 4 January whether the pieces should be declared treasure and are actually part of the Staffordshire Hoard.
But Ragnarsson says Iceland's volcanic landscape is a world treasure and should not be criss-crossed with steam pipes and transmission lines or pocked with power plants.
" In May 2005, China's foreign ministry spokesman Kong Quan told an audience, "Space is our shared treasure which should be used for the benefit of all mankind.
Therefore, they solemnly intone, we should stop wasting lives and treasure trying to achieve it.
The hoard is being studied by the British Museum, after which the county coroner is expected to decide whether the find should be officially declared as treasure.
Steve Jobs should have been designated, an American Living Treasure long ago.
More fundamentally, the lives and treasure of Americans, especially those in the armed forces, should not be risked without something important at stake for their own society.
Yet before it gets ahead of itself, the government should first make sure that it does not damage the company that located the treasure in the first place.
Art lovers should follow up the grand neoclassical Fitzwilliam Museum with the unassuming Kettle's Yard, a treasure trove of 20th-century art, ceramics and sculpture.
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