Lower interest rates have provided an excuse for regulators to reduce the return on capital that the utilities are allowed to earn, he said.
When you ask scientists about so-called "geo-engineering" solutions they will tell you that we have no idea if it will work, that it might backfire and that even if we could do it, that it would be no excuse for failing to reduce the heat-trapping emissions that cause global warming now.
However, this would become an excuse for children to reduce their visits.
Much like preventing traditional crime, effective mechanisms (e.g. removing excuses and reducing the rewards) for the prevention of poaching and human-wildlife conflict is context dependent.
These five main categories include increasing risk, increasing effort, reducing reward, removing excuses and reducing provocation.
The unique intolerance for anyone smoking is the anti-smokers' excuse to reduce adults to the status of children.
Finally, Labour made clear that further devolution for Wales and Scotland, must not be used as an excuse to reduce the voices of Wales and Scotland at Westminster".
After the date and time of the test was announced, in the middle of September, more than fifty organizations signed a petition objecting to the experiment, in part because they fear that even to consider engineering the climate would provide politicians with an excuse for avoiding tough decisions on reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.
By contrast, many of those who led protests against the government over the last six months and which were used by the military as an excuse for their actions, want to reduce the use of elections and have appointed leaders instead.
They objected to the project in part because they feared that a "plan B" approach of engineering the climate will offer politicians an excuse for not taking tough decisions on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fules such as oil, coal and gas.
