The gas tax has not increased since 1993, and its buying power, accounting for inflation, is now only 11 cents.

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Envisaged investment in infrastructure declined by 52 per cent to Rs1.0 trillion from Rs2.2 trillion in the previous year, with power and telecom accounting for most of this fall.

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Right now, the cost of buying servers is the largest data center expense, and power comes second, accounting for around 40 percent of operational costs.

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It knocked out power to over 400, 000 addresses there, accounting for nearly two thirds of all power outages, according to the state's power companies.

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The storm knocked out power to more than 400, 000 addresses there, accounting for nearly two-thirds of all power outages, according to Massachusetts power companies.

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Chen eventually started working on financial software, and later developed an accounting program for the power supply industry.

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First, economic planners and bankers have to start accounting for the hidden cost of carbon in power plant feasibility studies on their own volition.

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Power plants are by far the biggest greenhouse gas emitters, accounting for 2.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions (67% of the total).

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As I say in the book, all of this strategically planned fundraising and lobbying effort assures that the accounting industry is well positioned at every lever of power, either to promote their interests or to squelch a provision that threatens their status quo.

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