However, the cost equation is changing fast.

然而，成本方程正在迅速改变。

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Time is money and should be considered in the total cost equation.

时间就是金钱，所以应该归入成本计算公式之中。

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But the new cost equation likely will influence many decisions about where to locate production in the future.

但未来，新的成本方程极有可能会影响到对生产选址的众多决定。

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Fourth, we should seize the opportunities of advanced manufacturing to help change the cost equation for new energy technologies.

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The price-tag looks even heftier when the limited versatility and survivability of unmanned aircraft are factored into the life-cycle cost equation.

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Fossil fuels might be cheaper in many parts of the world - but when they have to be transported in relatively small amounts across thousands of kilometres of ocean, the cost equation changes.

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