But the focus is now on smart cards, which would ration subsidised petrol to a few litres a week, with excess consumption being paid for at the cost of imports.
When you add the costs of borrowing in aggergate to finance imports as a nation, transfer payments to the unemployed, consumption being curtailed, and main street businesses going out, those imported goods are costing us a fortune.
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The changes from mass creation and consumption to niche creation and consumption is being driven by technology, creative passion, and changing consumer culture.
Although there is increased consumption of the goods manufactured by Chinese companies in China, consumption is being controlled in order to ensure that the balance of trade remains positive.
Conventional farms, she says, often produce too much food - leading to produce being grown for human consumption in Western countries frequently being fed to animals.
The increase in internal consumption in China is being done in an orderly and planned way so that large deficits are not built.
According to one source, the EU has banned American horse meat from being shipped for consumption in Europe.
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Being against mindless consumption and against the Wal-Marts of the world does not necessarily put one in diametric opposition to capitalism.
They have a stigma of only being good for content consumption and that is just not true.
C. were marked by much heavier consumption for this intensely productive person being taken away from production.
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The share of world production being apportioned to US consumption has been falling.
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The more animals there are being raised for human consumption, the more demand there is for feed crops, fertilizers, farming equipment, seeds and arable land.
We have managed to stop it being sold for public consumption.
Intel's processors deliver better performance without increasing their consumption of power, all else being equal--a trick Advanced Micro Devices isn't expected to master until later this year.
Our understanding is that's being said for public consumption.
Intel's processors deliver better performance without increasing their consumption of power, all else being equal--a trick Advanced Micro Devices (nyse: AMD - news - people ) isn't expected to master until later this year.
Nine of the 15 EU nations reported falls in consumption, with other major sufferers being Spain, sliding 35 percent, Germany, down by 33 percent, Portugal, showing a 30 percent fall, and Belgium, seeing a 25 percent slump.
If Obama were seriously motivated by a moral desire to protect poor countries from being ruined by excessive American consumption then his biggest priority would be to rein in this consumption.
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Buijsse admits to being conservative about his own chocolate consumption.
"The burden of proof should be placed upon the supplier to establish beyond reasonable doubt that the product being sold is not for human consumption and is safe for its intended use, " its report said.
But there were complaints about assembly procedures, with questions to ministers being described as a "pantomime for public consumption".
The growth in streaming subscribers is being driven by the broader trends of media consumption over the Internet, increasing broadband penetration, higher download speeds and growth in connected devices.
Even in times of limited capital spending, intelligent networks are being deployed to drive new business, revenue and consumption models, enable new customer and employee experiences, and drive efficiencies.
Even if the conservation measures now being considered are put in place, global energy consumption is still expected to top 14 Btoe by 2030, a 27% increase from where it is now.
But with summer being the driving season, there will be higher petrol consumption.
Simply being realistic, the United States will have to cede consumption share, and it seems pretty clear to me that it is going to come out of the hide of people like the clerk at Wal-Mart who drives twenty miles to get to work.
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Its report says parents should discuss alcohol with their children and set firm boundaries on drinking, avoid being drunk around them and actively ensure they develop sensible expectations of consumption.
Those who criticize the tablet as being nothing more than an overgrown iPod, mainly used for media consumption, are missing the point that with the tools available from sources like iTunes, Google Play or Window Store, you can do a lot of great and useful stuff!
Officers said despite being marketed as legal highs packets carry warnings they are not for human consumption.
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