For example, the cost of energy-saving bulbs in the Nigerian market is about N800 compared to an incandescent bulb which cost about N40.
A return ticket cost about £13, which meant I could afford to go to the West End, Stratford East, the Old Vic … I'd get the overnight coach on Friday, see a matinee, an evening performance, dash for the late bus, sleep all day Sunday and go to school on Monday".
Starting with scant knowledge about splitting the atom, the Los Alamos-centered Manhattan Project achieved its goal in a mere six years -- and at a cost of $2 billion, which is about $26 billion in today's dollars.
Jonathan Rosen, the director of the project, said that such an extension would cost about $23 million, which he contends could probably be covered by money already in the state unemployment insurance trust fund.
For example, the Hall of Florida Fossils: Evolution of Life and Land at the Florida Museum of Natural History was completed in 2004 at a cost of about $2.5 million dollars, which equates to about $600 per square foot.
For more than a decade, the field of economic evaluation in health care has been accompanied by a discussion about which cost components to include.
And the computational power is transformational – we were working on about a megaflop, and each machine cost about $70,000, which is a massive barrier to adoption.
That requires a machine costing about $20,000, which can be found in most countries' national laboratories and in some provincial hospitals, Dr. Karesh said.
Moreover, he said, a comprehensive study would only cost about $50,000, which he called "chump change".
For example, the average mileage of large pickup trucks, currently 18 miles per gallon, could be increased to 25 to 29 miles per gallon within 6 to 10 years, at a cost of about $1,500, which could be recovered in lower gasoline costs over the life of the vehicle, the panel found.
