Cable systems in the United States use the same technology and have roughly the same costs.
The latter had "golden parachutes" to protect them from the same costs and risks.
Nor do these countries have the same costs associated with malpractice lawsuits that we do.
The same costs are involved in producing the oil but the revenue will be less because there is less oil.
If companies succeed in persuading or forcing their partners and suppliers to do the same, costs rise still further.
They say competition from ride-hailing apps, which don't face the same costs and rules as regular taxis, has severely reduced their income.
But in an industry that has long pursued economies of scale, many are unconvinced that smaller reactors can deliver the same costs per kilowatt.
"When Tesco puts up the price of a loaf of bread by 5p, no one is surprised if Sainsbury's does the same, because they are subject to the same costs".
"It would be quite wrong for the taxpayer to pay twice for the same costs, so we have shared the costs, either by sharing the cost of rent, or by my wife using her allowance towards costs incurred," he said.
As Mark Hudson, Kable's managing director, explains, it is unclear if everybody is counting the same costs, since the Home Office has not released detailed accounts.Charles Clarke, the home secretary, dismissed the LSE's study as "technically incompetent" and partisan.
It looks at the cost of labor, materials, factory rent, electricity and other expenses for similar companies in India and then assumes that companies in China face the same costs.
