Another reason is that the relative weights of the two partners have changed sharply within the past decade.

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It requires that electricity be used to create the motion that is recaptured through regeneration from the relative weights and positions of the elevator vehicle and the counterweight.

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Activists have long held that the use of relative weights is a loophole that fishermen can and do manipulate, allowing them to discard up to half of the carcasses.

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