Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.

仅在避免重复设施的基础上，在双州地区新建大型医院就是对资源的浪费。

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Rent control, however, encourages wasteful use of space.

然而，房租管制鼓励了居住面积使用上的浪费。

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He told a newspaper: "Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases."

他对一名报社记者说：“肉类非常浪费水而且还制造大量的温室气体。”

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But I do not recognize the right to waste them, nor to rob -- by wasteful use -- the generations that come after us."

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Most restaurants use large gas ovens and stoves which can be wasteful.

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That means unnecessary costs, wasteful use of land resources, adverse environmental impact and additional burdens on the taxpayer.

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Second, this trend coincides with new potential for improved energy efficiency in buildings, which substitutes better use of information for the wasteful use of energy and dramatically reduces the need for electricity production.

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In an environment of massive government and overspending, bureaucrats all too often use taxpayer money for wasteful, duplicative, and self-defeating programs and initiatives.

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