Biden’s ‘Green’ Infrastructure Plan Would Actually Hurt the Environment, Top Economist Warns

President Biden’s multi-trillion-dollar “infrastructure” proposal is about a lot more than traditional transportation infrastructure. In some ways, it’s a light version of the Green New Deal, including $10 billion to create a “Civilian Climate Corps,” $20 billion for “racial equity and environmental justice,” $175 billion for electric vehicle subsidies, and even money to make school lunches “greener.”

But one prominent economist is warning that the supposedly “green” plan would actually backfire and leave the global environment worse off. In a new analysis, Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow Veronique de Rugy argues that the plan would lead to more pollution because it would push economic activity abroad to poorer countries with lower standards.

“Higher income taxes on top of the many costly labor and environmental mandates in the bill would… raise production costs in the United States,” she writes. “That would shift production of many products to other countries that have more competitive tax rates and lower production costs—but also, oftentimes, questionable environmental standards.”

In this way, Biden’s multi-trillion-dollar green spending boondoggle could actually lead to higher carbon emissions and more pollution. Moreover, an Ivy League analysis found that this plan would reduce economic growth in the long run—and growth is the key to a clean environment.   

“Ultimately, we know that the best green policy is the prosperity made possible only by economic growth,” de Rugy concludes. “The wealthier we are, the more we can afford to attend to the environment. Unfortunately, the Biden administration's preferred path of more taxes, and more politically motivated spending and regulations will not just make us financially poorer; it also comes at a high cost for the environment.”

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Biden’s ‘Green’ Infrastructure Plan Would Actually Hurt the Environment, Top Economist Warns

Super Play (April 1994)

Super Play (April 1994)

Super Play is a magazine dedicated to the Super Nintendo (Super Famicom) that was published in the U.K. between 1992 and 1996. Issue Number 18 from April 1994 includes:

Regulars

• Super Express - Satisfy your primal hunger for raw SNES info by dipping into the stacked buffet of Super Express. Fill your plate with tasty morsels and crunch the nutty bits.


• Gamefreak - Unscarred by the scumhordes of Morgoth, unbloodies by the Tree-men of Pineworld, Gamefreak answers your queries.


• Mode 7 - Despite having two 'l's in his first name, Allan uncovers gaming secrets so deep even his enemies are concerned for him.


• Superstore - Consume quality merchandise. Spend, spend, spend. You'll not regret a penny of it. After all, what else is money for?


• Play Back - Tell us what you think by writing it down and sending it to us. If you make us laugh to excess, you'll win a Shetland pony.


• Hotline - The men from Nintendo attack common gaming problems like Domestos attacks germs. And doesn't Shaun look like Ken out of Street Fighter II?


• What Cart? - Surprisingly, people don't expect this to be filled with Vauxhalls and Mondeos. It sounds a little bit like What Car?, you see.


• Back Issues - Perfect for pretending you're living in the past! Wear gaiters and have your hair cut like Zy's for the full effect!


• Supermarket - Not a real supermarket. You can't buy eggs and Boursin there. But you can find bargains here not even your grandfather would believe possible.


• Next Month - This page is impregnated with a gentle antiseptic baby-wipe. If you're troubled by nappy-rash, simply rub Next Month over the affected parts.

Features

• Super Player's Guide: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters - A surprise hit, was this game. And it's completely great. So find out from Allan Brett exactly how you do those weird, and sometimes highly effective, moves.


• Anime Competition - Find out all about Catgirl: Nuku-Nuku and win a load of anime goodies, including an original animation cel from the film!


• UK & Import Game Reviews
• Alcahest
• Choplifter 3
• Humans
• Inspector Gadget
• Lester The Unlikely
• Lufia and the Fortress of Doom - RPGs are the very lifeblood of Japanese SNES gaming. So what happens when we get a transfusion in this country? is it rhesus-negative? And do we get a cup of tea and a biccy after?
• Metal Marines
• NHL Stanley Cup '94
• Pinball Dreams
• Rainbow Bell Adventures
• Soccer Kid
• Soldiers of Fortune - We have seen the future and it is Steampunk. That's a lie, actually. We haven't seen the future. Otherwise we'd have made millions on the gee-gees and we'd be living in Antigua.
• Super Puyo Puyo - Addictive? That's a word that we in the Super Play tower use sparingly. But does it apply to this game?
• Tetris Battle Gaiden - Tetris is great, right? So imagine it with magic and stuff too. Wouldn't that impress you? Well it impressed us. More than we'd care to admit in a public forum such as this, in fact.


• In-Depth at the CES - Lots of new games and tons of news. The CES really was the place to be. Read all about what you'll be playing in the coming months. It's all here!


• Slots of Fun - It's always nice to have a peep at the latest in state-of-the-art arcade hardware. So that's exactly what we've done. In great detail.


• Virgin and Bullfrog Interview - Cannon Fodder and Syndicate are coming to the SNES. Both are violent games, so how will their creators deal with Nintendo's tough anti-gore policy?

...and more!

Family Computing (June 1984)

Family Computing (June 1984)

Family Computing was a 1980s U.S. computer magazine published by Scholastic, Inc. It covered all the major home computer platforms of the day including the Apple II series, Commodore Vic 20 and 64, Atari 8-bit family as well as the IBM PC and Apple Macintosh among others. The June 1984 issue includes:

Features

• The "Hard-Boiled" School of Software - An interview with Infocom's revolutionary adventure-game designers., the creators of Zork, Starcross, and The Witness.


• Whistle While You Word Process - There's a new crop of word-processing programs that are perfect for family use - they're inexpensive and easy to operate. Inside...find out how they rate. Plus: How to Judge Word-Processing Software


• Looking For A Summer Job? - Ten ways to earn money with the help of your computer.


• A New-Age Mom-And-Pop Business - Many people dream of running a computer store. The Seran family of Colorado took the plunge. Plus: Starting A Computer Store - Tips From The Serans


• Five-Year-Old Authors - IBM's Writing to Read System has kindergartners reading and writing as if they were born knowing how.


• Buyer's Guide to Computers - A look at the 10 leading models for home use, with a comparison of prices, graphics capabilities, and other features.


• A Preview: Apple IIc - Apple heads for the home market with its new product: a sleek 7.5-pound transportable computer with a built-in disk drive.

Programming

• The Programmer - For enthusiasts of all levels.


• Beginner Programs - Print disk labels and create an original Father's Day gift for your dad with programs for ADAM, Apple, Atari, Commodore, IBM, TI, Timex, and TRS-80 computers.


• Puzzle - Recipe for Disaster: Can you retrieve the stolen recipe in time for the culinary competition?


• Programming P.S. - Sorry, we goofed. Here are some corrections for programs from previous months, plus some program enhancements from readers.


• Reader-Written Program - Fishtank: Create a sea of tropical fish on your computer screen.

Products

• What's In Store - Ten pages of product announcements and reviews.


• New Hardware Announcements - The latest in the field: the IBM Portable Computer; a new Kaypro 4; the Smart-Cable 817, a module that connects to the serial port on many computers; the MicroRam 64K Memory Board for the Atari 600XL; and Mikel's serial interface for the Ti-99/4A.


• Software Guide - Quick takes on two dozen new and noteworthy programs.


• Software Reviews

Departments

• Editor's Note


• Letters


• Behind The Screens - Keeping your Timex ticking; a programmer's windfall; microfloppies; and more.


• Home-School Connection - Tomorrow's VisiFarmers: In Ortonville, Minnesota, teenagers are applying what they learn in school about computers to help their parents run the family farm.


• Home Business - Keeping the Lincoln (Illinois) Log: The Strasmas tell how they run a national computer information service from their rec room.


• Computer Clinic - Questions from readers are answered.


• Games - Games People Play: The state of the art and a survey of your gaming habits.


• BASIC Booth - A monthly cartoon.


• Books


• The Primer - A reference guide that appears each month.


• Classified


• Advertisers' Index

...and more!

Vintage Photos - Oestreicher (917-920)

See the previous post in this series here.

I had the opportunity to pick up a huge batch of slides a while back. These are pictures span from as early as the late 1940s to as late as the early 1990s. These came to me second hand but the original source was a combination of estate sales and Goodwill. There are several thousand...maybe as many as 10,000. I will be scanning some from time to time and posting them here for posterity.

Apparently, getting your pictures processed as slides used to be a fairly common thing but it was a phenomenon I missed out on. However, my Grandfather had a few dozen slides (circa late 1950s) that I acquired after he died. That along with having some negatives I wanted to scan is what prompted me to buy a somewhat decent flatbed scanner that could handle slides and negatives, an Epson V600. It can scan up to four slides at a time with various post-processing options and does a decent enough job.

This set continues a rather large batch of slides that originally came from an estate sale and appear to have belonged to a locally well known photographer (or perhaps a friend or family member) from the Spokane Washington area and later Northern Idaho named Leo Oestreicher. He was known for his portrait and landscape photography and especially for post cards. His career started in the 1930s and he died in 1990. These slides contain a lot of landscape and portrait photos but also a lot of photos from day to day life and various vacations around the world. Here's an article on him from 1997 which is the only info I have found on him: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/jan/04/photos-of-a-lifetime-museum-acquisition-of-leo/

Many of these slides had the date they were processed stamped or printed on them. I've found that in cases where I could verify the date, either because a more specific date was hand written or there was something to specifically date the photo in the photo itself, that this date has typically been the same month the photos were taken. In other words, I expect that in MOST cases these photos were taken relatively near the processing date.

Click on one of the images or the link below to also see versions processed with color restoration and Digital ICE which is a hardware based dust and scratch remover, a feature of the Epson V600 scanner I am using. There are also versions processed with the simpler dust removal option along with color restoration.

Various outdoor shots taken in the early 1960s featuring a lake or river, some ducks and a snowy mountain slope.

The entire collection that has been scanned and uploaded so far can also be found here.