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	Can we harness volcanoes to modify the environment?
	Our guest Marie Edmonds answered: I think what we can do is harness geothermal energy. Usually we wait for volcanoes to be in periods of rest, not active eruption. This is certainly done in Iceland and New Zealand.
	June 2008

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