A tax advantage is also available to holders of most depletive assets—those which are used up, or depleted, over a period of time—like oil, natural gas, uranium, or coal.
No one disputes the costs in quality of life and depleted health budgets of an obese population, but the quest for solutions gets diverted by ideological arguments around responsibility and choice.
At an informal summit in Prague, von der Leyen underlined the need for the bloc to have joint gas purchases from next spring when the storage is depleted.
The time leading up to a test is so laden with stress and anxiety because tests are high-pressure situations, and high-pressure situations can actually deplete your working memory, and reduce your performance.
Currently, the world is plagued by global warming and the threat of depleting natural resources, so we do need to be looking at adapting to a more sustainable source of energy.
Smoking can alter the oral microbiota by increasing the acidity of saliva, depleting oxygen, influencing oral baterial adherence to mucosal surfaces, and impairing host immunity.