Next, he pointed out that full nationalization of a financial institution might trigger systemic shocks, as investors retreated from other banks, creating exactly the kind of panic that nationalization was intended to prevent.
"We have a whole new generation that is interested in climate change", he said as he predicted that putting taxes on the use of carbon would trigger a wave of clean technology which would lift people out of poverty in the developing world while preventing the global temperature from rising by more than 2C above pre-industrial levels.
The right is just as susceptible to hair-trigger outrage, however – witness the brouhaha over what Emily Thornberry, the shadow attorney-general, did or didn't mean to say about working-class people when she tweeted a photograph of a flag-draped house.
Windsor put the water trigger law in place in a deal with the minority Gillard government in the previous term of parliament.
This week, a spokesman for Shenhua said the company expected the water trigger to be applied as part of the commonwealth assessment and "we have prepared accordingly".
Rodgers employs two key words to trigger his squad and himself: "I always say to the players: 'You can either create or wait.' If you're waiting you're relying on someone else, as simple as that.
I can actually remember smiling as I pulled the trigger, ready to shout, "Gotcha!" when I made them jump.
Whether Apple can reach those targets remains to be seen, but Llamas said the gadget will help to trigger a major uptick in the popularity of wearable technology in the next few months.
Farnsworth's research should trigger a public debate about the size and uses of the corporate welfare state.
Jennings said such missions were likely to trigger criticism from the Chinese government, but he argued the bigger risk was not to take such action.
Doing too much can trigger a collapse and take weeks or months to recuperate from.
