Sentences with phrase «rough back of the envelope»
A very rough back of the envelope calculation suggest that energy required to melt that ice is equivalent to 1 - 2 % of the additional energy due to greenhouse warming over the same period.
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«It's still a rough, back - of - the - envelope calculation at the moment,» admits Wells, who has started working on simulations to better test the idea.
A rough back - of - the - envelope calculation shows that you can get back the initial currency fee in about 4 to 5 years of investing in the VEA.
And what you got ta do in this case (IMO) is look at the actual numbers of molecules involved, in a rough back - of - the - envelope sort of way.
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«I developed this rough back - of - the - envelope calculation of what it would require if one were to [attempt the Virgin Earth Challenge] with the agrichar concept,» Radlein explains.
It all started this past Sunday, with a simple, extremely rough sketch I scribbled on the back of an old envelope I found in one of the kitchen drawers.