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Energy producers also started to use large
quantities
of CO2-neutral biomass on power plants.
Quantitative easing and its cousins are implemented primarily in situations in which banks are willing to hold enormous
quantities
of reserves unquestioningly – typically when credit channels are blocked and other sources of interest-sensitive demand are weak.
When it first announced the so-called “extended asset-purchase program” in January, the ECB emphasized that it was only expanding an existing program, under which it had been buying modest
quantities
of private-sector bonds, to cover government paper.
Indeed, rare-earth elements are “rare” only in the sense that they are distributed in small
quantities
and must be extracted from ores, a time-consuming process.
Oil output is coming back on line in meaningful
quantities.
As soon as a vaccine or treatment is deemed suitable for implementation, it must be made available in large quantities, to be administered quickly to citizens at no cost to them.
One of them, unit four at Chernobyl, experienced an explosion and fire three years later that released large
quantities
of radioactive particles into the atmosphere – a catastrophic accident whose effects are still being felt far beyond Ukraine’s borders.
This enabled the Irish and Portuguese governments to issue large
quantities
of new debt at low interest rates.
Many of the countries that are piling on massive
quantities
of debt to bail out their banks have only tepid medium term growth prospects, raising real questions of solvency and sustainabilityItaly, for example with a debt-to-income ratio already exceeding 100%, has been able to manage so far thanks to falling global rates.
They are also dependent on large
quantities
of wholesale debt – totaling €4.9 trillion (27% of total eurozone loans), with €660 billion maturing in the next two years – to fund low-yielding assets.
Amphetamine drugs produced in eastern Burma seem to be transported with such ease that significant
quantities
have been found in northeast India, on Burma’s western border.
The huge
quantities
of local water that LWRs consume for their operations become hot-water outflows, which are pumped back into rivers, lakes, and oceans.
Bhutanese may bring into the country small
quantities
of cigarettes or tobacco from India for their own consumption, but not for resale – and they must carry the import-tax receipt with them any time they smoke in public.
The people wanting big slices are the countries that would like to emit large
quantities
of greenhouse gases.
But we should not simply allow the US to free-ride on other countries’ reductions, while burning unlimited
quantities
of fossil fuel to provide cheap energy for its industries.
Statisticians have always recognized that comparing
quantities
is far easier than comparing quality.
Without them, fast-growing seaweed quickly monopolizes space on the reef, preventing restoration of healthy
quantities
of coral cover.
Because China must import vast
quantities
of oil through the Malacca Strait, that sea lane has become a central element in the country’s security strategy.
But conventional geothermal power requires a natural source of large
quantities
of steam or hot water, and such sources are usually found only in volcanic regions, which rules out its use in large parts of the world.
For example, further warming would release large
quantities
of methane – a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide – from thawing Siberian permafrost, leading to more warming, more thawing, and more methane in the atmosphere.
Large mining companies can prepare for this shift by moving from fossil fuels to other materials, such as iron ore, copper, bauxite, cobalt, rare earth elements, and lithium, as well as mineral fertilizers, which will be needed in large
quantities
to meet the SDGs’ targets for global hunger eradication.
The ECB directed the central banks of all Eurozone members to buy huge
quantities
of Italian government bonds during the crisis.
And stationary vehicles still emit huge
quantities
of exhaust fumes, damaging the environment and human health.
Soon enough, drones will take over the task of spraying pesticides; livestock will be equipped with sensors to track milk quantities, movement patterns, and feed rations; tractors will be controlled by GPS; and app-controlled sowing machines will assess soil quality to determine the optimal distance between rows and plants.
If the PBC started to buy non-dollar assets in large quantities, it would invariably need to convert some current dollar assets into another currency, which would inevitably drive up that currency’s value, thus increasing the PBC’s costs.
If it allowed the renminbi to appreciate faster, the PBC would not need to buy large
quantities
of foreign currencies.
To stop the contamination from spreading, the local fire department had to add significant
quantities
of dissolved aluminum chloride, which binds to cadmium and settles on the river bottom.
As White puts it, we need an entire new policy mindset, based on the recognition that financial structure, dynamics, and
quantities
matter crucially for macroeconomic stability, regardless of whether price stability has been achieved.
As I argued in my Cass lecture, OMF is like a very powerful medicine, potentially valuable if taken in appropriate
quantities
in specific circumstances, but potentially fatal if taken in excess or when stimulus is not required.
In 1998, when LTCM went bust, it became all too clear that the firm was basically making massive
quantities
of simple bond trades, with huge leverage and huge risk.
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