Practical Pieces of the Energy Puzzle | Winter 2009

Archives – Winter 2009

Issues — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0000

SIDNEY NAGEL, Two-Fluid Snap Off, Ink jet print, 52.5 × 34.25 inches, 1999.
Two-Fluid Snap Off
A drop falling from a faucet is a common example of a liquid fissioning into… Read More

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Book Review: Follow the money

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Follow the money
Science for Sale: The Perils, Rewards, and Delusions of Campus Capitalism by Daniel S. Greenberg. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2007, 324 pp.
Melissa S. Anderson
On the… Read More

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Book Review: Danger: Bell curve ahead

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Danger: Bell curve ahead
Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America’s Schools Back to Reality by Charles Murray. New York: Crown Forum, 2008.
Michael J. Feuer
When I was in my… Read More

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Growth Without Planetary Blight

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The Bridge at the Edge of the World by James Gustave Speth. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008, 295 pp.
In November 2008, Al Gore authored an op-ed essay in the… Read More

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Practical Pieces of the Energy Puzzle: Getting More Miles per Gallon

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The answer may require looking beyond CAFE standards and implementing other consumer-oriented policy options to wean drivers away from past habits.
In December 2007, concerns over energy security and human-induced climate change… Read More

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Forum – Winter 2009

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Budget doubling defended

Richard Freeman and John Van Reenen (“Be Careful What You Wish For: A Cautionary Tale about Budget Doubling,” Issues, Fall 2008) provided a thought-provoking analysis of the… Read More

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Restoring and Protecting Coastal Louisiana

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The challenges facing the Gulf Coast reflect a national inability to come to grips with the need to deal with neglected infrastructure, both natural and built.
The sustainability of coastal Louisiana is… Read More

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The High Road for U.S. Manufacturing

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Manufacturing employment could be stabilized with more widespread use of advanced production methods. Government policy can play a key role.
The United States has been losing manufacturing jobs at a stunning rate:… Read More

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From the Hill – Winter 2009

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Research funding flat in 2009 as budget stalls
Fiscal year (FY) 2009 began on October 1 with final budget decisions for most federal agencies postponed until at least January 2009. To keep… Read More

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Climate Change: Think Globally, Assess Regionally, Act Locally

Issues — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Climate change is here to stay. No matter how effectively governments and the private sector limit greenhouse gas emissions, average global temperatures will rise during the next several decades. Scientists know less… Read More

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