High Efficiency Devices, CFL Light Bulbs, Caveat Emptor
Starting in January, the common incandescent light bulb becomes illegal, well maybe, in most of the United States. (Some recalcitrant states, SC and TX to name two, seem hell bent on reminding the...
View ArticleBrainless Sustainability
One of the envirobuzzwords of the 21st century is sustainability. I recently googled the term “environmental sustainability” and there were over 11 million hits. The National Science Foundation makes...
View ArticleWolves, Mosques, and Other Environmental Problems
Most environmental issues involve resource conflicts. One person wants to use a river to carry away her waste products, while another one wants to swim and fish in the same stream. Often these uses...
View Article“To Call a Situation Hopeless is To Call It Ideal”
“No Stopping the Collapse of West Antarctic Ice Sheet” -- Science (May 16, 2014)“Except possibly for the lowest-melt scenario, the simulations indicate that early-stage collapse [of the West Antarctic...
View ArticleSome Taxes are Good, But the Good Die Young
How a great tax became a good one and then became, along the way, just another tax.
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