We can't expect self-interested material cost-benefit analyses to provide the motivation needed, because investments to reduce emissions cost real money today, but they will not have discernible effects on the climate for decades to come.
Yulia isn't interested in material things," he suggested.
Three years later, it switched again, prompting a Chinese official to grumble that the islanders were "only interested in material gains".
"But first and foremost," Wiseman says, "I'm interested in material explorations and how I can advance my imagined world of drawings and ornamentation into a space".
Many of these failed to rise to the great heights of imposturous expression because, like mediocre practitioners in all the other arts, they were more interested in material things and in fame than they were in the private satisfactions of creative accomplishment.
Nauru, facing the depletion of its most valuable resource, phosphates formed from bird droppings, severed diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 2002, then restored them three years later, prompting a Chinese official to grumble that the islanders were "only interested in material gains".
It was not long before scholars interested in material cultural phenomena took notice.
They are most interested in material advancement for themselves, they are distrustful of others' seemingly good intentions, and they view others primarily as competitors for scarce positions.
The difference this time is that the kid dictator was supposed to be more interested in material rather than martial doings, following sage counsel under the wing of his wise uncle.
Patients were said to be only interested in material that was colourful, in large print, consisted mainly of pictures and showed people, foods and clothes/footwear that come from Barbados.
