Expensive
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It failed because making quick, drastic cuts in carbon emissions is extremely
expensive.
Western businessmen, artists, architects, and others who need large amounts of money for
expensive
projects enjoy working with authoritarian regimes that “get things done.”
It is interesting to contrast global skepticism about free trade with support for expensive, inefficient methods to combat global warming.
This surge in demand will occur at a time when finding, developing, and extracting new sources of energy and resources will be increasingly challenging and
expensive.
Over the last 12 years, for example, the average real construction cost of an oil well has doubled, and in recent years new mining discoveries have been few, despite the industry's best (and often expensive) efforts.
But, over time, it developed its auto industry so that it could export more
expensive
cars.
Just as the most
expensive
hospital is the one that collapses during an earthquake, so the most
expensive
disaster-management plan is the one that fails to tackle the root causes of recurring disasters.
The “new normal” that results will likely include scarcer, more
expensive
long-term bank lending.
Naval assets are not only
expensive
to build; they are extremely costly to operate, as each unit requires specialized equipment and highly trained personnel.
Surveillance strategies, for example, are often more
expensive
than necessary, owing to poor communication.
Finally, following the principle, “everyone is covered, but not everything is covered,” governments must investigate which services are most cost-effective, and which should not be publicly financed, because they are both
expensive
and ineffective.
Indeed, helicopter gun-ships and
expensive
crop replacement programs may provide TV-friendly images that politicians love, but do nothing to lessen the demand for drugs.
While getting more power to the people is an important goal, extending electricity grids is
expensive
and slow.
What drove them to reject the party completely was a policy debate on restructuring “cram schools” –
expensive
private institutions that prepare high-school seniors for their university entrance examinations.
In fact, Thiel seems to be running into the old diamonds-and-water paradox – water is essential, but costs nothing, whereas diamonds are virtually useless, but extremely
expensive
– albeit in a sophisticated and subtle way.
For some people, this will mean
expensive
genetic testing and designer diets, but for most, it will mean realistic advice based on visibly demonstrable phenotypes – a tendency to gain weight, for example, or an intolerance or allergic response to certain food types.
In the interest of lowering its borrowing costs, the authorities issued the new debt under New York law, despite the
expensive
battle that the country had just lost precisely because it had borrowed under that legal framework.
Recession, job loss, and
expensive
oil, not war, is what Americans fear most for 2008.
The most
expensive
countries in which to end poverty would be the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria.
And we should challenge our political leaders to account for
expensive
policies that achieve much less.
Everything now is about money to run electoral campaigns, which have become incredibly
expensive.
Oil exporters, with the exception of Libya and Yemen, may have avoided major political changes, but the autocratic bargain – and any attempt to unravel it – has become more
expensive.
It is the logical equivalent of advising a couple to remain married because divorce is too
expensive.
Business support for
expensive
policies such as the Kyoto Protocol – which would have done very little for climate change – indicate otherwise.
Unfortunately, this convergence of interests can push us to focus on ineffective,
expensive
responses to climate change.
Some have no particular resources and build thermal power plants or import
expensive
liquid fuels to meet their needs.
More people would be connected, exporting countries could generate more revenue, and imports would become less expensive, more reliable, and cleaner.
However, Merkel approved the
expensive
Northern Europe Gas Pipeline (NEGP) beneath the Baltic Sea, negotiated between her predecessor Gerhard Schroeder and President Vladimir Putin, and strongly opposed by fellow EU member Poland, which the pipeline will bypass.
But by that point, it will be much more difficult and
expensive
to contain, resulting in far more casualties.
If the Chinese government does use this approach to stimulate the purchase of insurance, it should limit the favorable tax treatment to insurance for
expensive
medical conditions like surgery or the treatment of diabetes.
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