Some, such as Germany and Japan, worry that new reporting requirements will be onerous for countries that have large civilian nuclear industries.
Restoring confidence in the medium-term stability of our public finances, on our own, will be onerous.
But manufacturers and auto dealers maintain that the costs of advanced technology will be onerous and will depress the market by forcing higher prices for consumers.
Carbon caps and emissions trading projects, too, will be onerous for some businesses, but they must be explored (Mr. Kulongoski has proposed such a project for his state).
Under the ETS, they are required to buy tradable permits for a gradually rising portion of their emissions: this year the EU will give the airlines permits to cover 85% of them.The airlines, naturally, say the cost will be onerous nonetheless.
America criticises the new labels partly because they single out "GM-derived" ingredients, such as oils and sugars, which are so refined as to lack any biological trace of genetic modification, and partly because the traceability requirements will be onerous.
Writing in Aeon, Robert Fletcher and Bram Buscher say that Wilson wants to turn "half of the Earth into a series of nature parks," and they say that doing so will be onerous to local people who will be turned out from their homes or unreasonably enjoined from their customary life ways, which might be considered antithetical to nature protection.
Under the new rules, it will be less onerous to declare bankruptcy, making it easier for people to walk away from their homes altogether.
"I don't think it will be anything that is onerous," Weiss adds.
If Glencore does choose to go public, it will be subject to much more onerous reporting and disclosure rules.
