"Optimistic estimate" means predicting or projecting a situation or outcome in a positive and hopeful way, usually with a favorable outcome, but without considering potential challenges or uncertainties.
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In effect, these analyses «double count» plant growth and thus «double count» carbon, leading to overly
optimistic estimates of emissions reductions.
My
most optimistic estimate is 10 years for when these products will actually be in the hands of consumers or placed in the energy infrastructure.
Following last week's US Senate hearings on virtual currency, Bitcoin has hit all time highs exceeding even the most
optimistic estimates for price versus fiat currencies.
It was his defense of democracy (which had so recently been under military attack), and a corrective of its traditional defense (which he felt was based on an
overly optimistic estimate of man's moral capacities).
Even a comprehensive demonstration that renewables can deliver a 100 per cent solution at a cost comparable
with optimistic estimates for nuclear isn't going to shift them.end update
Only 50 % Reduction in Upstream Emissions Possible According to the report Carbon Capture and Storage in the Alberta Tar Sands, CCS «has limited potential to reduce upstream emissions to levels comparable with the average for conventional oil,» with «even the most
optimistic estimates from industry experts» showing reductions in the 10 - 30 % range in the medium term and up to 50 % in the long term.
Plans that were fully funded 20 years ago, today have maybe two - thirds of the capital needed to cover benefit promises — and that
optimistic estimate assumes zero bear markets and fantastical average real returns of 7 % + a year going forward.
The stop in shelter openings came just as the homeless population was surging in early 2015, and the de Blasio administration was relying
on optimistic estimates of how quickly new rental subsidy programs would slow the flow of people needing emergency shelter.
Even the most
optimistic estimates suggest it will be three to five years before a commercial vehicle is ready to reach the International Space Station.
With an assumed purchase price of $ 275,000, credit score of 740 and a down payment of 20 %, PennyMac's rate table for conventional mortgages gives you the most
optimistic estimate possible.
Even assuming
highly optimistic estimates of future yields and conversion efficiencies, fast - growing grasses on productive U.S. farmland would only do slightly better, converting around 0.7 percent of sunlight into biomass and around 0.35 percent into ethanol.
B) A low -
range optimistic estimate of 2 °C of 21st century warming will shift the Earth's global mean surface temperature into conditions which have not existed since the middle Pliocene, 3 million years ago.
Although even
optimistic estimates predict that the new system will not come into force before 2017, the market for partner moves in this practice area is buoyant as firms ranging from the top US outfits to specialist IP boutiques manoeuvre to best position themselves across Europe.
In the March 2012 Budget, the Department of Finance would have used their
more optimistic estimates for 2011 - 12 as the base for forecasting revenues and the resulting budgetary balance to 2016 - 17.
Battery The Kobo Vox has a battery that?s rated to last for 7 hours, but even then that
rather optimistic estimate is only with the Wi - Fi turned off, leaving the device very limited in function.
You can see return from combination of term plan and PPF easily beats even the most
optimistic estimate from LIC Money Back plan.
The authors conclude by emphasizing that the return derived from a buy - and - hold implementation of an investment strategy — specifically, value and growth — is, more often than not, an inaccurate and overly
optimistic estimate of value - add given the reality of fund investors» suboptimal allocation timing decisions.
Even the
most optimistic estimates of the effects of contemporary fossil fuel use suggest that mean global temperature will rise by a minimum of 2 °C before the end of this century and that CO2 emissions will affect climate for tens of thousands of years.
Let's assume for now that the number is really around $ 160 million, and once again, that's
an optimistic estimate.
Such
an optimistic estimate is being driven by positive trends across Jabil's business, especially enterprise and diversified manufacturing.
That optimistic estimate has been revised.
After all the media obligations and transit to the airport
an optimistic estimate would have the Bearcats on their plane at 1 a.m. to travel home from Sacramento for a flight that's around four hours.
By the most
optimistic estimates, it will take Christchurch 50 years to recover.
Two weeks ago I wrote that the Conservative Party had, at
an optimistic estimate, gained 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, TWENTY new MPs because of the passage of the Parliamentary Voting and Constituencies Bill.
Optimistic estimates are that it will merely double over the rest of the century.
IF HTTRx genuinely DOES slow the progression of HD, I think for being able to prescribe the drug through the NHS,
my optimistic estimate would be 5 - 6 years, very conservative estimate 10 - 12 years.
An alternative method of calculating
the optimistic estimate was also performed for each of the 21 escape datasets.
The most
optimistic estimates are that 50 percent does.
Another very
optimistic estimate — almost bordering on the unbelievable.
I think that may be
an optimistic estimate, and the end likely to come sooner.