“It is despairing to consider that the cost and reliability of access to space have barely changed since the Apollo era over three decades ago. Yet in virtually every other field of technology, we have made great strides in reducing cost and increasing capability.” MadeThreeSpaceTechnologyFieldsChangedCostDecadesAccessErasCapabilityApolloReducingStrideReliability Author:Elon Musk
“The much greater crimes of the Soviet Gulags occurred over decades and cost millions of lives.” MillionsGreaterCrimeCostDecadesSovietGulags Author:Jean-Marie Le Pen
“I find it ironic that now water is more expensive than music. On the one hand, record companies can't go crying when they've gouged consumers for decades, charging exorbitant prices for CDs that cost 29 cents to make. On the other hand, when music is free, musicians starve.” HandsWaterCompanyRecordsCryCostMusicianMusic IsDecadesConsumersExpensiveIronicCentsCdsRecord CompaniesCharging Author:Tom Morello
“Over the last decade, at considerable cost to me in money and effort, confronted with ridicule and intimidation, I have brought more than a dozen lawsuits challenging the corruption in the election process in Tennessee.” LastsProcessChallengesEffortCostElectionCorruptionDecadesDozenRidiculeIntimidationTennesseeLawsuitElection Process Author:John Jay Hooker
“Subsidies for the oil, gas and coal industries are projected to cost taxpayers more than $135 billion in the coming decade. At a time when scientists tell us we need to reduce carbon pollution to prevent catastrophic climate change, it is absurd to provide massive subsidies that pad fossil-fuel companies' already enormous profits.” NeedsCompanyIndustryCostScientistClimateClimate ChangeProfitOilDecadesBillionsEnormousAbsurdFuelGasMassivePollutionCarbonCoalFossilsTaxpayersFossil FuelPadsSubsidies Author:Bernie Sanders
“Simply from greening our energy system and eliminating fossil fuel pollution, we get so much healthier that the savings in health care alone are enough to pay the costs of the green energy transition and would repay those costs in approximately a decade and a half in savings.” EnoughCareEnergyPayHalfCostGreenDecadesSavingHealth CareFuelTransitionPollutionFossilsSavingsFossil FuelEliminatingGreen EnergyGreening Author:Jill Stein
“Often motivated by a desire to maintain the existing status quo, sloth almost cost the U.S. its auto industry, as it refused for decades to build fuel-efficient cars to compete with Japanese, Korean and European imports.” DesireCarIndustryCostDecadesFuelMotivatedEfficientStatus QuoKoreanSlothImportsChallenging Status QuoChallenging The Status QuoAuto IndustryMaintaining The Status Quo Author:Simon Mainwaring
“In the four decades after World War II, manufacturing jobs paid more than other jobs for given skills. But that is much less true today. Increased international competition has forced American manufacturers to reduce costs. As a result, the pay premium for low-skilled workers in manufacturing is smaller than it once was.” WorldWarTodayJobsGivenResultsPayFourCostSkillsLowsPaidCompetitionWorkersInternationalDecadesWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiManufacturingPremiumSkilled Workers Author:Christina Romer