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Carbon tax and product re-design

…containers.* Basically, they save heaps of water (for cleaning) and energy (for hauling) by cutting out most of the infrastructure necessary to support the current gallon jugs. The bad news…

Non-Adiabatic Economics

…newer firms entered the market they could no longer compete, their infrastructure was obsolete and the profits had all been extracted from the firms by the owners and managers. The…

Pay your dues

…income and capital rates. They’ll also pay in the future as neglected infrastructure will need government investment. And as PGL eluded to, when the federal government cuts funding to the…

Enlightenment: You and Me and China make Three

…that constitutes an independent public realm that includes free intellectual inquiry, free trade unions and independent audit. It is this ‘enlightenment infrastructure’ that I regard in both the West and…

Southeast water update

infrastructure maintenance, capacity expansion and upgrades required by aging, growing systems. Cobb’s good business plan is reflected in the fact that it has met the EPD goal of 10 percent…

What is the least water you need?

…wonder: 1. What is a reasonable price to obtain potable water? 2. What is a resonable expenditure to improve infrastructure to avoid high volume leaks of a valuable product (50%…

Another way not to pay for Social Security

…pattern among agency service delivery systems. Is this part of infrastructure of services and systems for the commons, a broken promise, or lousy administration. It does appear to be bi-partisan…

More on water resources and GATS

…international and national privatization, while purifying drinking water does not. But it is part of the aging infrastructure that is rarely mentioned, and one wonders how much it is worth….

Strategic interest and defining victory

…a trillion dollars that could have gone for health care for all, for excellent schools and college educations, for rebuilding Louisiana and Mississippi, for shoring up our infrastructure and bridges,…

…in capacity. Infrastructure is being repaired. Command and control structures and institutions are being reestablished. Most important, Iraqi security forces are in the fight — so much so that they…