Second, there are economies of scale in consumption. One garden will do, so will one kitchen.

其次，婚姻还能带来消费中的规模经济，花园如此，厨房亦是如此。

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Lower on the list were "respond to request from the business" (12 percent), "convert capital expenditures to operating expenses" (10 percent), and "scale consumption up and down" (9 percent).

往下分别是“响应来自业务的请求”（12%）、“将资本支出转换成营业费用”（10%）和“相应增加和减少消费”（9%）。

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For example, domestic consumption could be cut by the large-scale employment of smart meters in houses and flats.

例如，居民房屋和公寓内的智能电表业的大量就业机会将降低国内消耗量。

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Given the sovereign debt turmoil in the Eurozone and the approaching debt problems for the US (as the US debt-to-GDP figures escalate over 100% by mid-2012 without accounting for state unfunded pension liability), debtor nations will find it difficult to finance large-scale consumption economies any longer.

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And so by comparing material-size to people-size, are we measuring primary material consumption on the right scale?

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Third, we should figure out how to use the scale of government energy consumption, especially through DOD, to provide test beds for important new technologies.

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