In that
sense, the terminal
business is a little like AOL's dial - up unit, which continued to spin off hundreds of millions of dollars long after it became
obvious that the open web had won and AOL was doomed.
Please forgive me for stating the
obvious: there are mountains of scientific evidence, plenty of sound reasons and abundant common
sense imploring the leaders of India, China, the US and the rest of the over-developed and under - developed world to consider that the seemingly endless, global expansion of large - scale industrialization and production capabilities, now overspreading the surface of Earth, could be approaching a point in history when these unbridled big -
business activities could dangerously destablize frangible global ecosystems, irreversibly degrade the environment, recklessly dissipate Earth's natural resource base and, perhaps, destroy our planetary home as a fit place for human habitation by our children.
With onshore wind now the cheapest energy source in countries like Germany and the UK, it's becoming increasingly
obvious that flexible and smart clean technologies make both environmental and
business sense.
In a
sense, a factor such as «the interests of the
business» is so
obvious as to be tautologous, but where the employer here may have gone wrong was in not including it (if so important) in the original criteria themselves.