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...carbon credits to counteract their carbon emissions, a price tag few Americans would be able to afford. Moreover, even if every American household could afford carbon credits, the result would be that Third World countries would bear the burden of our excessive lifestyles. While carbon credits are a viable short-term option for industry and an important step toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the corporate sector, they are not practical for American families...
...funds that would cover these sorts of expenses,” Hazen writes. Other problems include preserving digital literature. According to Darnton, “No one has solved the problem of preserving such material while hardware and software change at a dizzying pace.” The current, short-term fix is to “migrate” digital collections between different hardware and software formats, but this process is complicated and time consuming.THE DEATH OF THE BOOK?With the increase in digitization, one question weighs heavily on the minds of many involved with the Harvard library system...
...because it is going going up.” Buffett, who announced last year that he plans to give away the bulk of his fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, told the audience to continually reflect on their long-term priorities, and to not only look for short-term gains. “There’s nothing more satisfying in life than helping someone become bigger and better than they thought they could be,” he said. On Thursday afternoon, the students heard presentations from executives at ConAgra Foods, a Fortune 500 company that sells...
...that gap, but there is more than one way to get it. Deals like the Chicago Skyway and Indiana Toll Road, which lease existing assets, may tap the private sector's operating prowess and political immunity in raising tolls, but critics see them as long-term mortgages to solve short-term fiscal problems. "People are giving public-private partnership a bad name by running around the countryside trying to entice cash-strapped states and municipalities to participate in these monetizations," says Tim Carson, vice chairman of the Pennsylvania Turnpike commission and a public-finance lawyer...
...important to seek innovations that lower costs and increase the accessibility of basic necessities for survival. Why are some organizations and activities considered less worthy because they do not provide obvious, immediate proofs that they are useful? Why do we find it so difficult to abandon our love for short-term solutions and quick fixes...