The phrase "cost hours" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
Example: Writing essays often cost hours of time and effort, but the satisfaction of a well-written paper makes it worthwhile.
Yet seeing a doctor remains a fantastically old-fashioned routine: minutes of medical attention can cost hours spent in transit or in a waiting room.
If the aim to create practically applicable CELSS is accepted then the task to optimize the process of CELSS research and development in terms of minimum cost, hours, maximum applicability, scientific contribution, etc. becomes actual.
"New Law" (e.g., LPO's, Axiom, Huron, etc). is in the business of billing lower cost hours to solve legal problems.
Open image in new window Fig. 10 Generalized cost (hours) incurred by different users according to their preferred arrival time and destination location.
Table 9 Cost-time analysis for 3GB simulations on RackSpace Name Cores Memory Concurrent Unit cost Hours Cost per simulation hour 4096/160 1 4 1 $0.252 128,174 $0.252.
The BESS is utilized to store energy during off-peak low-cost hours and discharge energy during on-peak high-cost hours.
Three operating conditions are considered for the home including: (i) home can receive energy from the network during off-peak low-cost hours, (ii) home can send energy to the main grid during on-peak high-cost hours for making the profit, and (iii) home can work on net-zero energy (NZE) model or standalone mode.
This protracts the process for weeks (or months!), costing hours of lost productivity and hindering speed and agility.
Conversely, the wrong assistant can cost you hours a day.
Figure 11 Result: VM nodes cost by hours and total VM nodes cost.
Tubes, machine costs and glass work can cost many hours unless you can do this yourself.
