Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Space Geek Alert

Space Geek Alert

The space station flying overhead with the shuttle nearby. This link is for Iowa City; you can adjust your location.




Freakonomics luuuuvs high gas prices:
The reason we need high gas taxes is that there are all sorts of costs associated with my driving that I don’t pay — someone else pays them. This is what economists call a “negative externality.” Because I don’t pay the full costs of my driving, I drive too much. Ideally, the government could correct this problem through a gas tax that aligns my own private incentive to drive with the social costs of driving.


And in Toronto, bikers are painting their own bike lanes.

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