Some objects may need a little machining to finish, but they still require only 10% of the raw material that would otherwise be needed.
Aluminum- or vinyl-clad windows will cost more, but they will help save time and money, which would otherwise be needed later for scraping and repainting wooden sashes.
Utilities could also use them as backup in areas where demand for electricity has grown and improvements in distribution lines would otherwise be needed.
By addressing the issue as a statutory ballot measure, the lawmakers managed to bypass Mr. Nixon, whose signature would otherwise be needed.
At full size, about 100 times as large as the pilot, it could displace 80 percent of the natural gas that would otherwise be needed.
While supporters believed they were helping people without breaking a commitment to peace, others felt the unit's existence allowed the military to divert men and resources into fighting that would have otherwise been needed for ambulance work.
Guri provides Venezuela with as much as three-quarters of its electricity and, just as crucial, allows Venezuela to export about 500,000 barrels of oil a day that might otherwise be needed to meet electricity demand.
If it were scaled up to 100 times its current size, it would displace 80 percent of the natural gas that would otherwise be needed to heat the oil; the existing system does not displace that much natural gas.
In the budget blueprint for the coming year, Democrats may resort to an obscure procedure known as reconciliation to clear the way for Senate passage of a comprehensive health bill with a 51-vote majority, rather than the 60 votes that would otherwise be needed.
This clears the way for beatification without having to wait (as would otherwise be needed) for signs of a miracle occurring thanks to the dead man's prayers.Will all this add to Pope Francis's credentials as a "left-wing" pope, correcting the conservatism of his predecessors?
