They also prevent the animals from wasting energy by moving around or fighting with each other.

Others argue that we should try to rebalance the economy not just from rich to poor, but also from energy wasting to energy saving.

As US Energy Secretary Steven Chu put it recently, We are taking away a choice that continues to let people waste their own money.

By contrast, subsidizing current, ineffective solar power or ethanol mostly wastes money while benefiting special interests.

Central Asia is blessed with an abundance of energy and water resources, even though much is wasted by inefficient use and poor maintenance of infrastructure.

Wasting Food in a Hungry World

Another six months have been lost.

These goals are within reach. Indeed, they are the only way for us to stop wasting trillions of dollars on financial bubbles, useless wars, and environmentally destructive forms of energy.

There is little time to waste.

Rather than spending energy on trying to build large scale institutions covering the entire region, it would be better to focus more on smaller, issue oriented institutions.

We cannot afford to let this opportunity pass us by.

My grandmother always said it was a sin to waste food.

Amman Wasted time is always to be regretted.

But in the Middle East, wasting time is also dangerous.

The investigations of the Special Committee involved a shameful waste of resources.

In fact, in some places, the volume of food wastage is rising.

This would mean less wasted time and more clarity for litigants.

Nor should the public accept this squandering of resources.

But potentially significant costs offset these small benefits.

First, the delay implies a lost opportunity to raise global growth.

What if all the energy expended on enforcing bans, or on discussing whether a veil is an acceptable sign of piety, or whether women s cleavage is provocative, was instead used to prevent and punish sexual harassment on the streets?

He cannot lose any time in fulfilling that pledge.

Moreover, eliminating today s vast wastage of natural resources, which underpins exceptionally high levels of pollution, will require a reformed regulatory framework, including higher user prices for energy, raw materials, and environmental resources.

A magnificent opportunity for a new start in US Latin American relations will have been missed.

The opportunity to build a safer, fairer, and more united world has been largely squandered.

Not only was precious time wasted, but further damage was done.

But excessive secrecy leads to scarce resources being diverted into wild goose chases.

In a nutshell it is wasteful to spend too much money preventing waste.

As the saying goes, a crisis is a terrible thing to waste.

When my parents visited the United States for the first time, I didn t hear the end of their shock at the excess they saw from the wastage of paper napkins and plastic cutlery at fast food restaurants to the average household s usage of cars and electricity.

That is because the problem of electronic waste extends beyond the squandering of the metals themselves.

If, at this time, the answer is no, counselees do not need to waste time and money dealing with the test.

To believers in rational economic choice, of course, there is no waste. If people choose to drive enormous cars, they must derive some benefit from it and if switching to green energy makes that choice uneconomic, human welfare must suffer.

According to the study, amongst fisheries targeting high value species, it is now common for direct fossil fuel energy inputs alone to exceed nutritional energy embodied in the catch by at least an order of magnitude. In an earlier preliminary study of 54 North Atlantic fisheries from five countries, the author uncovered a wasteful paradox the availability of abundant energy enables most contemporary fisheries to continue even when stocks are in decline.

Unfortunately, with the election set for September, that means that three quarters of the year will be wasted.

Japan, however, cannot afford to waste time building a new apparatus to prevent party financing scandals.

All the talk of an improved NATO European Union partnership is mainly wasted breath.

Studies of happiness show that unemployment reduces happiness by as much as the loss of a family member.

With his over familiarity, simplicity, and occasional vulgarity, Sarkozy undermined the dignity of his sacred function.

This is all the more reason to make sure that the energy and courage of Talat and Christofias are not squandered.

So is it all a waste of time? Is it just a radical chic outdoor cocktail party?

A nuclear power phase out is the discontinuation of usage of nuclear power for energy production.

Historically, fiscal profligacy tends to take hold at times like these, with windfall revenues wasted on extravagant public projects.

Thus, she appears to view school plays as a waste of time that could be better spent studying or practicing music.

For example, squabbling between workers and management may drive away investors and thus the chance to start new projects.