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A quick back-of-an-envelope calculation might lead to the conclusion that universities are indeed expecting an awful lot of money while offering very little in return.
www.telegraph.co.uk
Even a quick back-of-an-envelope calculation proved that the figures didn't add up.
www.dailymail.co.uk
This back-of-an-envelope calculation rests on implausible assumptions: coal plants of identical size, no technical progress, no economies of scale, no plant conversions to lower-emission natural gas, and so on.
www.wired.com
In another email two days later he gives a back-of-an-envelope calculation illustrating the point.
www.scene.co.nz
My own back-of-an-envelope calculations suggest some time in the 2020s, but we will see.
www.independent.co.uk

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