Representative Tom Price, Republican of Georgia, described the bill as "a solution in search of a problem".
For example, despite the talk about waste-to-energy globally, this hasn't worked as a solution in Lagos.
And for aid workers, this could make it as much of a problem as a solution in humanitarian crises".
One senior minister described a compulsory national ID card as "a solution in search of a problem".
When the debate over net neutrality first heated up in 2006, opponents dismissed the idea as "a solution in search of a problem".
Randall D. Guynn, the head of the Davis Polk law firm's financial institutions group, described the proposed ban as "a solution in search of a problem".
So-called contingent capital, which can absorb losses while keeping a bank in business, was promoted as a solution in the United States and elsewhere.
But to paint this as a solution in and of itself, when we know shareholders often do not use the powers they already have, is either naive or disingenuous.
When the acids are set free from these compounds, glycerol remains as a solution in water and is purified by coagulating and settling extraneous matter, evaporating the water, and distilling.
Djerassi noted many years ago that one of the earliest writers to use the word 'Pill' with a capital 'P' was Aldous Huxley, and he was not blind to the implication that the steroid he had synthesised might become a problem as well as a solution in the brave new worlds of the future.
Levin hopes that Terrapattern will make it easier for activists and citizen scientists to research the land-use issues that they care about, but he's aware that a cynic might see the site as a solution in search of a problem a toy rather than a tool.
