As things stand, the trouble is that their output, being hostage to the weather, is highly variable.
This decoupling of wage and productivity fractured the natural equilibrium essential to economic stability, squeezing the purchasing power needed to buy the extra output being produced.
In the UK and US, by cutting the purchasing power needed to buy the extra output being produced, the long wage squeeze has created consumer societies without consumers.
The September 2008 gas leak and blowout resulted in two fields being shut, the Central Azeri platform suspending production and output being cut by at least 500,000 barrels a day.
Imperial College's jump from fifth to second place in a year was the result of recent world-leading output being more widely cited in academic journals and published research.
His creator agreed to allow Adrian happiness, but pointed out that it would be impossible to grant him the recognition as a writer that he craved (his output being so evidently without literary merit).
Steel remains at the heart of the conglomerate he is building.China's steel production has more than doubled in the past five years the extra output being equivalent to more than America's entire production.
Scientists have estimated that the maximum average amount of electricity that can be generated from tidal turbines placed in the Pentland Firth is 1.9 gigawatts, with a more realistic output being nearer to 1GW.
A member of the team said in an interview that a colleague was able to get sales data from a low-level employee in the factory's computer center that showed much of its output being sold extremely cheaply to obscure offshore companies.
They also say that BP was lucky that it was able to evacuate its 212 workers safely after the incident, which resulted in two fields being shut and output being cut by at least 500,000 barrels a day with production disrupted for months.
Crowd scene: Not just the usual skinny-jeaned hipsters (although there are plenty of those, too), but the Babylon's highbrow programming attracts bonafide buffs, middle-aged couples, students, and – this being central Berlin and most of the output being in English or with English subtitles – plenty of tourists, too.
