Complex sentence: This has had significant economic effects, costing the country $8 billion annually, equivalent to almost 4% of Egypt's gross domestic product (GDP), resulting from lost work hours, wasted fuel, and the environmental impacts of those additional emissions.
Split into simpler sentences: This has had significant economic effects, costing the country $8 billion annually, equivalent to almost 4% of Egypt's gross domestic product (GDP). These costs are the result of lost work hours, wasted fuel, and the environmental impacts of those additional emissions.