In London, West German cities and New York, hundreds of plants burn 4 million tons of refuse each year, heat water, produce steam, and supply electricity.

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That plant relies on steam and power from Grangemouth, which the union may no longer be prepared to supply.

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The U.S. nonmanufacturing sector's expansion picked up steam in May, bucking economists' expectation for it to slow, according to the Institute for Supply Management.

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Which is where Steam comes in: a gaming marketplace the size of the Steam store, and a player as influential, changes the potential desirability of Linux at both ends of the supply-demand equation.

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