A significant increase in public investment spending would boost jobs in the short run and pay enormous dividends in more rapid productivity growth in coming decades. In contrast, the payoff to spending cuts would be depressed job growth in the next few years and foregone productivity gains in the longer run.
Each year, nuclear power generation facilities worldwide produce about 200,000 m 3 of low-and intermediate-level radioactive waste, and about 10,000 m 3 of high-level waste including used fuel designated as waste.he most radioactive form of waste is categorized as high-level waste and whilst accounting for only 3% of the volume of all the radioactive waste produced (equating to around 25 cm 3 per UK citizen per year), it contains 95% of the radioactivity.
How many tons of dangerous waste are produced by American industries each year? A. 3 thousand B. 1 million C. 250 million What percentage of landfills in the United States were closed between 1984 and 1988? A. 30% B. 5% C. 50% What is New York's largest export? A. food B. waste paper C. shoes How many pounds of glass does each person in the United States use each year? A. 100 B. 10 C. 50 How much of Japan's waste stream was recycled in one very effective program? A. 30% B. 50% C. 80% When you buy $11.00 of groceries, how much of that money pays for the product packaging? A. 10 cents B. $1.00 C. $5.00 What percentage of our garbage is plant matter and can be composted? A. 25-30 B. 80 C. 3