The government will eventually get what it wants, but not in the next production lot because it keeps restructuring the program in ways that make it less efficient.
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Unfortunately, it was created when the dairy industry was less efficient and less mechanized, making it costlier to operate.
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Essentially, Amazon seems less efficient as it grows, not more efficient.
At the moment governments are making farming less efficient than it should be.
When it comes to investing, for instance, it almost certainly makes the market less efficient and makes individual investors less successful.
Skeptics say that it would be more efficient, less toxic and less costly to just transform the fuels directly into energy.
While innovations in technology make it possible for people to work many more hours, it also means employees are sometimes less efficient.
Drax claims that because shipping is so efficient, it creates less CO2 bringing a boat-load of wood from America - even the West Coast - than it does ferrying the equivalent wood by lorry from forests in Scotland.
Compared with other crops, rice production is less efficient in the way it uses water.
Interruptions make work less efficient, which means it takes longer to do.
If the Scottish Parliament chooses to tax more for better equity outcomes, it could be at the expense of less efficient use of funds, or of economic growth.
Driving imposes a heavier burden of externalities when it is done at rush hour (it adds to delays and is less energy-efficient) so such journeys ought to cost a driver more.
It also means more efficient power usage and significantly less weight in future Haswell-equipped notebooks, and the ability to play modern games and drive a 4K display with upcoming ultrabooks.
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That and the lack of additional radio spectrum, which network operators would be willing to license from U.S. taxpayers for billions of dollars if only it could be pried from the clutches of less-efficient users, including the federal government itself.
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Far from saving money, as the act intended, it has pushed costs up, since local authorities are less efficient than the Benefits Agency.
Mr Pratt added that high fuel costs had hurt Cathay's profitability, especially on long-haul routes, which it said were dominated by "older, less fuel-efficient, Boeing 747-400 and Airbus A340-300 aircraft".
If the IT department focuses instead on shutting down old capabilities as new ones are introduced, the infrastructure will ultimately become less complex, allowing IT to be more agile and efficient in delivering still more capabilities to the rest of the organization.
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Such arrangements look less efficient than full-blown mergers: were it one company, the Star Alliance could save a lot in managerial overheads.
Even if such a deal is eventually superseded by a broader one, it may already have caused long-term damage by allowing less efficient firms to become entrenched.
Part of that growth, to be sure, was due to overall growth in demand, but a big part of it I suspect is due to the switch from less fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly unconventional vehicles, to more fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly passenger cars, trucks and buses.
In turn, the industry produces a product that isn't as efficient or cheap as it might be if we focused less on working the political system and more on research and development.
It can display color videos at fast speeds, is energy efficient and consumes less battery power than alternative options.
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Its technology is less efficient than CIGS and crystalline silicon, but First Solar can make it in huge volumes for cheap.
It seems like it could be a very efficient way to perform this type of operation, and much less risky for rescuers, as well.
At 184 horsepower, the base, four-cylinder engine is slightly less powerful than the 2001 Cherokee's base V6, but it's much more efficient.
For years, it has raced ahead of the Premier Padmini, a roomier but relatively unwieldy and less fuel-efficient car modeled on a 1951 Fiat, and the Fiat Uno, which sold only 8, 500 units in the past year.
You say, it's going to be more expensive for you if you've got a less fuel-efficient car.
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