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Category Archives: Environment

The Most Important Graph in Economics

Most politicians in `both’ political parties—and practically everyone in the area where I live—base their economics and voting on this graph:

Unfortunately, they neglect a critical fact:

I’ll leave the conclusions to the reader, but it should be noted that at some point these two lines cross (and may already have done so).
To avoid a collision between [...]

GM 512 hybrid

Since they are in the business of selling gasoline-powered automobiles, the manufacturers understandably are reluctant to come out and publicly announce the obvious solution to air-poisoning by the gasoline engine: Get rid of the gasoline engine.
On the other hand, every member of the industry is actively engaged in trying to do just that.
–W.E. Butterworth, Wheels [...]

Flood control

In a welcome change from projects like the Foster Park Flood Creation Project, which will make downtown flooding worse, a reasonable approach is being used in one Fort Wanye neighborhood. Homeowners in an area along Junk Ditch are being given the option of selling their houses to the city. According to the News-Sentinel, nearly [...]