As with many other energy production and storage methods, only time and market forces will determine how far the petrol-from-air idea can go.

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Qualcomm chief Paul Jacobs talked about addressing the problem by adding a series of ultra-small communications cells, and storage methods, to ease the data load from the overall network.

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Cloud storage in data centers will utilize the latest developments in physical storage virtualization, deduplication and other methods to make the most effective use of physical storage assets.

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The alliance's manifesto calls for measures to reduce demand on the main electricity transmission grid, including smart meters, encouragement for community and small-scale local energy generation, and further research on methods of storage of electricity.

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Despite the move to control the growth of digital storage requirements in data centers (e.g. the cloud) by means of virtualization, deduplication and other methods to achieve higher storage capacity utilization the amount of stuff and the size of the stuff we store continues to increase.

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The company behind the project, Islandmagee Storage Limited, was not at the meeting but it said that deep underground storage was one of the safest and most environmentally responsible methods of storing large amounts of gas.

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The Council recalled that States may seize and dispose of items consistent with its previous resolutions, and clarified that the methods for disposal included, but were not limited to, destruction, rendering inoperable, storage or transferring to another States other than the originating or destination States for disposal.

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