The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. – F.A. Hayek
Posted in Central Planning, Environment, Politics on May 13th, 2013
I was reading a short piece this morning wherein the author was making an observation that it is really hard to get a government official to tell him what their estimates for the whooping crane population. There are less than 300 of them in California as I understand it. The government used to do an [...]
Posted in Environment, You Can't Have it Both Ways on May 6th, 2013
I spend a decent amount of time reading Ezra Klein’s site, and I recommend it to all of you. But I’d be pleased if we were all just a little bit more honest about what we are doing here. Here is today’s post by their Environmental writer about Colony Collapse Disorder: It’s an interesting study [...]
Posted in Environment, Fun Facts on May 4th, 2013
Let’s take a look at pages 2-15 and 2-16 in the most recent edition of the, “Transportation Energy Data Book.” Let me ask, do you expect cars to be more or less fuel and energy efficient in the future? Take a look at what has happened to the fuel efficiency of buses and trains [...]
Posted in Economic Illiteracy, Environment on May 3rd, 2013
6 ways to make a difference with your dollar. Once again, well sourced, thoroughly researched, and thoughtful commentary on the environment and the economy. Here are the helpful suggestions: 1. Purchase used as opposed to new items, or items made from recycled materials. Used items, available at antique or thrift stores as well as private sales, are [...]
Posted in Environment, Ultimate Resource, You Can't Have it Both Ways on May 2nd, 2013
Please allow me to get this straight. The average daily tidal height around New York City is about 6 feet per day. Around the world this tidal range is as little as a few inches, to a couple feet in the middle of the ocean and as high as 30+ feet in the Bay of [...]
Posted in Environment, Property Rights on Apr 23rd, 2013
Each Spring the facilities crew at the U of R tirelessly reseeds all of the sides of sidewalks that have been destroyed by the winter plowing. And our enlightened students and staff totally respect that work. Here is the sidewalk along intercampus parking lot, just across from the library, looking North. You can see the [...]
Posted in Environment on Apr 22nd, 2013
And I mean it, not sarcastically at all. Some of us, however, don’t require a “Day” to be thankful for the bounty that the planet has bestowed upon us. And some of us also recognize that part of this bounty includes the people that God (or insert whatever politically correct term I am supposed to [...]
Posted in Environment, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Apr 20th, 2013
Readers are probably aware of my affinity for Ithaca. I went to grad school there, met my wife there and very much love the land and water there. Heck, even some of the people there still like me too. But you may also know that Ithaca is home to perhaps the most anti-fracking sentiment on [...]
Posted in Environment on Apr 16th, 2013
You’d all enjoy watching how much use our “Solar-Dok” gets. And given that it gets so little use, on the charge and discharge, it seems to be the case that the lack of full charge and discharge may limit the battery’s life and power. Nice. I am sure that was also taken into consideration when [...]
Posted in Central Planning, Environment, Special Privilege on Apr 6th, 2013
When I first began studying the economics and ecology of wind about 4 years ago, I very much thought the fears of wind-alarmists were, pardon the pun, very much overblown. I don’t mean that wind is the solution to our energy problems (it cannot be, it’s simply not energy dense enough) but rather that fears [...]
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