If even a small proportion of this wasted heat could be converted to useful power, it would be a good thing.

如果把浪费掉的很小的一部分热能转换为有用的能量，这都是件好事。

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Actually what they're really afraid of is to realize that they've always had all the power to achieve everything they want and that they have wasted their own time and dreams.

实际上，他们害怕的却是意识到他们有能力去做很多事情，而他们却浪费了这些时间和梦想。

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Inside there are numerous automatic control systems to make sure power isn't being wasted.

同时里面有很多的自动化控制系统，以确保能源不被浪费。

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Although forward-looking companies like Facebook and Google have implemented better cooling systems and software that saves on wasted power, most corporate datacenters, which constitute the bulk of total usage, are woefully behind in putting more efficient systems into practice.

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Mr Blair comes close to conceding that he wasted his early years in power, imagining the public sector could be reformed from the centre: he cites inexperience in his defence (astonishingly, being prime minister was his first and only job in government).

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This development will be a foundation for the realization of a system for capturing and converting wasted carbon dioxide from incinerators, power plants or industrial activities.

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