Diesel-powered vehicles require platinum, whereas gasoline-powered cars can use less-expensive palladium.
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On average, according to World Steel Dynamics, a consultancy, the mini-mills use less than one-third of the labour that the integrated mills need to make a tonne of sheet steel.
Further, Europe is especially important to the platinum market since diesel-powered vehicles are popular on the continent and this requires the use of platinum, whereas gasoline-powered cars more common in the U.S. and China can use less-expensive palladium.
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Possible explanations cited by experts include obesity, a rise in drug use among less-educated whites, persistently high rates of smoking among less-educated white women, and an increase in the percentage of uninsured families among the least-educated Americans.
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For things that are not "countable" - such as water in the river - use less.
And many firms for routine tasks now use less-expensive alternatives to young associates, such as contract attorneys and outsourcing firms.
The widespread nature of the risk is illustrated by the fact that just under half the respondents said they use less-stringent methods to protect data in development and testing environments.
But an optimist would point out that as the number of surfers doubled during the past three years, growth in Net use among less-affluent demographic segments has kept up with that of the upper crust.
These low temperatures allow for a quick start-up, a more compact design, and less use of rare-earth materials.
During the LEED certification process, it was estimated that the building would use approximately one-third less energy than comparable buildings.
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Mozilla has therefore developed its web apps to be offline from the start, and to use equal-or-less bandwidth than native apps.
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For our future projects, I want to use a less self-centered process and really try my best to connect to the player.
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That discourages the use of less carbon-intensive fuels, such as natural gas (gas emits 40% less CO2 than coal for every calorie it produces).
Both parties would be better off if they could agree to use a less time-consuming and stressful process for deciding on a sale price.
Fluorescent and LED lights use nearly two-thirds less energy than regular light bulbs, are significantly brighter, and, according to Consumer Reports, will last nearly 50-times longer than incandescent bulbs.
Critics of long-term-care insurance argue that many who need long-term care use it for less than 90 days, and that most policies have a 90-day deductible, meaning most owners of long-term care insurance will receive no benefits.
He said we could use more co-operation and less disruption.
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In the end, less-lethal weapons don't mean police use less force, according to Chris Stone, a criminal justice professor at Harvard who worked on the Stern report.
Jailbreakers could then use the less expensive (and less ethically challenged) T-Mobile, or full-on jailbreak it to also download apps from non-Apple sources like Cydia.
And by putting resources to less-efficient use, cronyism actually kills jobs rather than creating them.
Martynov thinks this can fundamentally change the way people use their phones: less hunched-over-button-pressing, more casual glancing.
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Finally, the report concluded that clients between the ages of 40 and 64 have the highest propensity to use fee-based accounts, and less experienced advisors tended to be more enthusiastic about fee-based accounts.
In the case of his Gum series external batteries, Huang is proud of the fact that they use good quality cells from Sanyo (which is part of Panasonic) and Sony, while many competitors use non-branded cells which are less reliable.
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McCain also said the government should use its purchasing power to promote energy efficiency, buying fuel-efficient vehicles and retrofitting federal offices to use less electricity.
Finally for the curious, some leading indicators - to use the techie term - do seem to perform reasonably well, though less usefully than might first appear.
While the poachers are always armed with modern weapons - and have been known to use them on tigers - the technique of lacing bait is far less arduous and carries fewer risks.
The company is also helping find and promote use of fertilizer that is less carbon-intensive.
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Proponents of insurance incentives claim they are fair because people with no lifestyle-related health risks typically use less medical care than those who have many.
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If Democrats are as successful in raising the minimum wage as they were in imposing the costly health insurance mandate, many employers will either find a way to use less labor or a cost-effective substitute.
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Secondly, when considering end-to-end efficiency, it is much less energy-intensive to heat water by direct use of natural gas on-site, rather than by using that natural gas to first make electricity that is used to heat water because of the large conversion losses at power plants.
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