But resisting new technology produces its own unpleasant surprises.
"But actually, technology produces a hunger, a greater need for human immediacy.
In Israel, the technology produces about a quarter of the nation's water supply.
The new battery technology produces significantly more energy from the sugar fuel than ever before.
Mr. Schröder, a pragmatic Social Democrat, has taken a generally laissez-faire view, arguing that gene technology produces new drugs, creates new jobs and presents new opportunities for Germany.
According to the agency, "a single scan using backscatter technology produces exposure equivalent to two minutes of flying on an airplane," where slightly higher levels of radiation are routine.
Weather balloons are still "very, very important" in tornado prediction, Dr. Brooks said, but while meteorologists could get 20 readings per balloon in 1953, today's technology produces updated and more detailed information 10 times more often.
But old fittings are about a third heavier: modern casting technology produces versions weighing as little as 40kg, rather than a lucrative 55kg or more for old-style cast-iron models.
To understand this point, suppose that a technology exists to convert coal to an oil substitute that is financially viable at an oil price of $60 per barrel and that this technology produces double the CO2 per unit of useful energy relative to oil.
New technology produces better pollution controls than old ones period.
The metal additive manufacturing technology produces components of any geometrical complexity directly from a computer model.
