We have lost prestige, efficiency, and in some sense an attachment to democracy.
To deviate from it would be to lose efficiency.
But we'll have fewer field men than ever if you wear us down to the point where we lose efficiency.
As it ages, every organism will lose efficiency in its control systems.
Many phosphors tend to lose efficiency gradually by several mechanisms.
Then intersections become so wide that the traffic signal cycle is longer, and we lose efficiency.
As anyone with basic physics knows, each time you convert energy you lose efficiency.
But I don't know how fast either unit loses efficiency.
However if the water becomes too hot, injectors lose efficiency and can fail.
If this keeps up, we'll begin to lose efficiency, and fast!