The waste of money is simply staggering, especially when you consider what needs to be spent on disease control, energy-saving measures and environmental research and development.

这样的浪费是十分惊人的，尤其是想想疾病控制，节能措施和环境研发方面的资金需求，你更会这么觉得。

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At these speeds, hydrogen atoms would seem to reach a staggering 7 teraelectron volts – the same energy that protons will eventually reach in the Large Hadron Collider when it runs at full throttle.

在这个速度下，氢原子的能量将达到难以置信的7万亿电子伏--大形强子对撞机对质子全力加速才能达到这个能量。

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But packed into this space is a work of staggering genius: a portrait of the Dutch artist as a young man, age 24, that has all the energy and pathos of a living person.

包含其中的是一份惊世奇才的杰作：24岁年青荷兰艺术家的自画像，充满了栩栩如生的能量和感伤。

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In the energy space, a staggering 8.8 percent dividend yield may not be enough to keep sellers at bay for London-based BP plc (BP), and that could warrant an intra-sector rotation into supermajor rivals.

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California's staggering labor and energy costs it has the nation's most stringent fuel and renewable standards have helped kill hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs in California's interior.

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For this alone we can expect some staggering investment errors lured into energy by the money illusion that will lead to substantial capital destruction over time.

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