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Beginning January 1, 2000, the Administrator shall allocate to the owner or operator of anyutility unit that commences commercial operation, or has commenced commercial operation, on or after October 1, 1990, but not later than December 31, 1992 allowances in an amount equal to the product of the unit's annual fuel consumption, on a Btu basis, at a 65 percent capacity factor multiplied by the lesser of 0.30 lbs/mmBtu or the unit's allowable sulfur dioxide emission rate (converted, if necessary, to pounds per mmBtu), divided by 2,000.
But few people make up their minds on the basis of positions alone.
“We're making advances on a broad range of questions almost on a weekly basis,” says James Gillooly, of the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
However, it seems that, because known natural groups could be reproduced by this approach only after omission of certain species on the basis of independent prior knowledge, this method hardly can be useful for delineating new, phylogenetically sound clades.
The strategy here: to invite voters to judge on the basis of social, not economic, issues.