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In 1981 Chile's military government dictated a new Water Code that radically changed the country's previous water rights system by strengthening private property rights, favoring market incentives, and reducing state regulation. Against the Current: Privatization, Water Markets, and the State in Chile is the first empirical and interdisciplinary study of water markets in Chile, which is the leading international example of free market water policies.
Against the Current: Privatization, Water Markets, and the State in Chile challenges the glowing reports given by neoliberals in Chile and the World Bank, showing that the results of this economic experiment have actually been rather mixed. Within the agricultural sector the Water Code has worked fairly well, although the market incentives to conserve water have been ineffective and water rights trading has been less active than expected. The Code's impact has been more negative at the level of river basins, where the institutional framework has revealed critical flaws in coordinating multiple water users and resolving conflicts.
Against the Current: Privatization, Water Markets, and the State in Chile combines law, political economy, and geography to analyze the disadvantages, problems, and wider contexts of water markets. This book will appeal to everyone interested in property rights, market-friendly environmental policies, the political economy of sustainable development, and the intersection of economics with law and institutions.

Earth First!: Environmental Apocalypse (Religion and Politics)

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Earth First!: Environmental Apocalypse (Religion and Politics)
Martha F. Lee
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Excellent Guide for Beginning Eco-Terrorists.......2000-05-03

Are you sick of waiting around while our governments allow corporations to ravage our world's natural resources and uneducated people to overpopulate the planet until it is entirely uninhabitable? Do you want to take a, ahem, more proactive approach to environmental activism? If you answered yes and yes, then this book is an excellent start. It covers many of the basic ideas for the beginning eco-terrorist. Go green!

Earth Report 2000: Revisiting the True State of the Planet

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Indur Goklany
Have your kids read this book
The TRUE state of the planet!!
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Earth Report 2000: Revisiting the True State of the Planet

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Earth Report 2000 is an authoritative guide to the Earth's environment at the turn of the millennium, sponsored by the Competitive Enterprise Institute--called "the best environmental think tank in the nation," by the Wall Street Journal--and written by a collection of the most prestigious environmental researchers. These experts calmly and accurately assess the ecological situation of the planet--on subjects ranging from global warming and ocean water quality to overpopulation and biodiversity. They explain what we do know, what we don't know, and offer sensible, scientific solutions to those real problems we do face. The book has ten chapters, each covering, in depth, a different environmental or health-related issue. These issues were chosen for their topicality (these are ecological problems that are often covered in the major media) and because there is some controversy among scientists about the extent of the problem. Earth Report is a unique book on the environment: written by scientists, but intended to be read by the rest of us.

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EARTH REPORT 2000 re-evaluates the key issues regarding our planet's ecological fitness. It debunks many of the myths of the recent past, and persuasively argues for rethinking our approach to the most critical environmental dilemmas of the next century.

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Indur Goklany.......2006-01-07

I haven't actually read this book I admit, but I wanted to address a few things that the detractors have in mind. First, big government actually harms the environment. Public ownership of lands takes away the private conservation that could otherwise occur. Price floors in the economy are another good example of government waste, as price ceilings take away from the conservation efforts of consumers and price floors create excess supplies, which eventually go to waste, forcing producers to produce even more, which is more taxing on the environment than producing and selling without price floors. Property rights also create incentives for keeping forests clean, as privately owned forests almost never burn due to their owners clearing underbrush and taking personal responsibility for them, as even loggers take care of, set limits on cutting down, and replant land that they privately own moreso than those loggers on private land. Another problem with government is that it catters to conflicting interests. Suppose someone invented a kind of solar power technology that was cost-efficient, capable of massive abundance of energy use, didn't have any emmission whatsoever, but was capable of killing hundreds of people a year, due to misuse or accidents. Government would likely outlaw it even though the technology would stop global warming and potentially save far more lives in the process. The "consumer advocates" get their way instead. The welfare state is another problem as it tends to produce irresponsible breeding due to an unending supply of funds for people. Many people on welfare stopped having so many children after President Clinto himself proposed reform. Also, increased technology in the marketplace and freedomt to try new products creates parenthood planning technologies like condoms, birth control, etc. which have helped slow down and in some cases diminish population in some parts of the world. But THE GOVERNMENT. Well, in many places the government either bans or sets limits on the sale of things like birth control, such as here in the U.S. where you need to get a prescription from a doctor before you can order it. Restrictions on International Trade also prevent cleaner, more environmentally-safe products from being accessed by many people as well. And if you think that government decreased toxing being pumped into the air, well read Idur Goklany's "Clearing the Air" and while you're at it, read "Eco-Nomics" by Richard Stroup. Market Solutions and property rights have always helped out the Environment more such as when Defenders of Wildlife applied the tenets of free market environmentalism to its wolf compensation program, or when World Wildlife Federation had successfully launched the CAMPFIRE program in southern Africa to reward native villagers who conserve elephants or when the Oregon Water Trust uses water markets to purchase or lease water for salmon and steelhead habitats. As for other things, well there is the emerging field of biotechnology, which itself has many environmentally good applications.

Have your kids read this book.......2005-05-11

What a great read. Nothing like a good political book. We rightwingers enjoy books like this because it provides science that we know to be false that we can use to back up our profit-driven agenda through the usual propoganda outlets such as talk radio. For example, in the excellent chapter on Air Quality, the authors talk about whether or not we humans are actually causing the air quality to go down or not. Although we all know that pollution is real, when folks like me own stock in large factories, the financial bottom line is all that matters. If the Big Government puts heavier restrictions on such companies, that means their costs will go up, and folks like me will lose money in our stock portfolios. Not a good thing. The chapter on Pesticides provides another example of misinformation that we can use on our talk radio shows to make sure the masses will vote Republican. I don't really care if pesticides are hurting people or not; what matters is when I, like Tom Delay, have a vested financial interest in a pesticide company, the last thing I want are the liberal scaremongers causing the government to force us to shut down our companies, causing us more financial losses. It's all about money. And that's why a book like this is such a good thing. Sure, the science is bad and absurd, but it helps us push forward our agenda.

The TRUE state of the planet!!.......2002-05-01

"Earth Report 2000" was written by ten scientists, each with excellent credentials, each writing on a different environmental topic. Here are the ten section titles:

1. Population, Food and Income
2. Pesticides: Increasing Food Supplies While Preserving Biodiversity
3. Global Warming
4. The Coming Age of Abundance
5. Causes and Prevention of Cancer
6. Forests
7. Conserving Biodiversity
8. Water Options
9. Rescuing the Oceans
10. Global Air Quality

It's a tour-de-force of all the important environmental concerns, and paints a much more optimistic scenario than we hear from some environmentalists and politicians. The book was edited by Ronald Bailey, who has also written on the subject in his book,"Eco-Scam: The False Prophets of Ecological Apocolypse."

Ron Bailey was formerly producer of a national PBS series called "Technopolitics." His style is confrontational and expresses more than just skepticism. He points out various statements of some politicians and more extreme environmentalists that suggest they are willing to resort to deception to gain public support for an anti-growth environmental program aimed at the goal of a more egalitarian society. He may be a little TOO confrontational for some readers, but exposure to his points seems to me to be essential for ANYONE to reach an informed view about the environment. I srongly recomment it!!!

Misinformation.......2001-11-29

Ronald Bailey’s dumbed down “Earth Report” is nothing more than vulgar anthropocentrism marketed as feel-good ecology neatly packaged for the McMasses. Actually, even the title of the book is a misnomer. While Bailey’s book is a “report” of sorts, at no point does the author seem to express a sincere or grounded interest in the “earth”.

Perhaps the book's greatest flaw, aside from the curiously misinterpreted statistics and erroneous conclusions, is its perverse avoidance of addressing the spiritual and philosophical issues logically raised when considering mankind’s roll in the natural world. While the book does a good job of inundating readers with all sorts of statistics and corporate-sponsored meditations, Bailey refuses, in a rather disturbingly determined sort of way, to pose the “larger questions”. The result is a book that too often feels intentionally rushed and suspiciously simple.

In Bailey’s worldview nature is a tangible commodity with a value that can fluctuate (...). “Ecology” is seen only as a tool to better manage natural assets to meet corporate and economic needs. This “nature as product” ideology has been practiced by capitalist entities since the industrial revolution, but Bailey’s attempt to bring it to the masses, and the simplistic manner of his presentation presents a new and dangerous trend. Bailey even insists that we should judge a species as “good” or “bad” depending on its relative worth to mankind. For example, Bailey believes that North American white-tail deer are, “dangerous mammals” and “killers” because they have the audacity to stray onto roads and highways where they often cause serious accidents when struck by fast-moving cars and trucks. Not only do these deer/vehicle collisions cause human fatalities, they ALSO result in over 1 billion dollars worth of insurance claims annually. To Bailey this represents a prime example of poor asset management (the deer of course being the poorly managed asset). Bailey never once considers that the massive deer overpopulation (which has logically increased the risk of deer/vehicle collisions) may have something to do with reduced deer habitat and the almost complete annihilation of the white-tail deer’s natural predators (courtesy of mankind).

Bailey’s disarmingly pronounced hubris in “Earth Report” is matched only by his inane insistence that there aren’t even any real ecological issues at all (at least in the “green” sense)! Counter arguments are seen as radical and suspicious.

The technocrat-friendly ideas presented by Ronald Bailey in “Earth Report” are not only arrogant and misguided, they are downright dangerous. Bailey’s subtle and consistent suggestion that all is really well in the world, may just cost us that, the world.

A different ideology but one to take into account.......2001-08-01

TANSTAAFL - It's just that simple.

This acronym, meaning "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch" is at the heart of this book- understanding and embracing it not as a phylosophy, but as a law of the universe.

Earth Report contributors understand that there is absolutely nothing in this world that comes without some cost. This understanding helps them make suggestions that encourage using laws of supply and demand to improve our economy.

Overfishing: There is always a cost to fishing. When no one is responsible for absorbing the costs of fishing, the cost is in the fish resources- populations of fish dwindle and we run out of the supply. But if someone has a vested interest in a fishing area, they can pass the cost onto the human economy. Their profits ensure that the area remains sustainable. Healthy fish need a healthy environment. Would you let someone dump toxic waste into your private fishery? Of course not.

Environment: This old topic has been hashed over again and again- usually with people arguing about whether or not humans are responsible for warming. But beyond this is the compelling argument of, "WHo Cares!" What is the cost of trying to stop HUMAN caused global warming? Huge. But we know that in the past, the earth has warmed even more without our help. If we pay the cost to stop human global warming, and natural global warming (or even worse- cooling) occurs, will our crippled economy be able to handle it? Most likely not. There is a real and dangerous cost to limiting our economy- one that this book points out when comparing the affects of natural disasters on robust economies versus weak ones. Any guess which one is more apt to deal with natural disasters?

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This symposium was devoted to the so-called minor bodies in the Solar System, and their mutual interrelationships. Asteroids, comets and meteors provide essential information on the history of the Solar System, starting with the early phases of planetary formation, until the present epoch. Different evolutionary processes have shaped the physical characteristics of the populations of minor bodies. Among them, collisional phenomena have played an essential role, as has been generally recognized by modern planetary research. This symposium was one step in the effort to sketch a general unifying scenario of the properties of the different populations of minor bodies, which are generally studied by separate scientific communities. In particular, the most recent findings on the interrelationships between asteroids, comets and meteoroids suggest that an interdisciplinary approach should be preferred. Only in this way can the properties of different populations of minor bodies be interpreted in the framework of a coherent picture of the history and evolution of the Solar System.

Attitudes Toward the Environment: Twenty-Five Years After Earth Day (Aei Studies in Public Policy Ser.)

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Attitudes Toward the Environment: Twenty-Five Years After Earth Day (Aei Studies in Public Policy Ser.)
Everett C. Ladd
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The Behaviour and Influence of Fluids in Subduction Zones: Proceedings of a Royal Society Discussion Meeting, Held on 8 and 9 November 1990

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The Behaviour and Influence of Fluids in Subduction Zones: Proceedings of a Royal Society Discussion Meeting, Held on 8 and 9 November 1990
Royal Society
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Boundary-Layer Meteorology - 25th Anniversary Volume, 1970-1995: Invited Reviews and Selected Contributions to Recognise Ted Munn's Contribution as Editor over the Past 25 Years

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Boundary-Layer Meteorology - 25th Anniversary Volume, 1970-1995: Invited Reviews and Selected Contributions to Recognise Ted Munn's Contribution as Editor over the Past 25 Years

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The journal Boundary-Layer Meteorology was started in 1970 and has become the premier vehicle for the publication of research papers in its field. Dr R.E. Munn served as Editor-in-Chief until recently. The special 25th Anniversary volume, on which this book is based, was compiled from review and other articles solicited and selected as a `Festschrift' to honour Ted Munn's achievement as editor of the journal over that time.
Articles by leading contributors to the field include reviews of field studies (Askervein, HEXOS, Cabauw) and their impacts; numerical modelling (large-eddy simulation of the surface layer, frontal structures); analyses and critical discussions (of the von Karman constant, bulk aerodynamic formulations, air-sea interaction, vegetation canopies); and reviews or previews of progress in our understanding of the atmospheric boundary layer, turbulence simulation, Lagrangian descriptions of turbulent diffusion and remote sensing of the boundary layer.
The collection provides an excellent perspective on the state of the subject and where it is headed. It should provide fascinating and stimulating reading for researchers and students of boundary-layer meteorology and related areas.

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Study Guide for Miller and Schroeer's College Physics
Robert W. Stanley , and Franklin Miller
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Study Guide for Miller and Schroeer's College Physics
Franklin Miller Robert W. Stanley
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Let the word go forth to all nations...

Engrossing, Sophisticated Satire on Elvis & American Culture

A strange Trip into The world of Elvis

Elvis and the Apocalypse
Steve Werner
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An unemployed man receives a strange package of ancient manuscript fragments. Could these be the final insights for a spiritual transformation in human consciousness? The man sets out to find the answer. Driving south, he wanders into a mysterious diner on the outskirts of Memphis. There he meets Marie Ishmael, an aging waitress and fountain of Elvis trivia, who claims to have the final revelations about the meaning and life of Elvis Presley and the destiny of the universe. Marie uses dozens of biblical passages to prove her claim that Elvis will return! From Genesis to Revelations she cites chapter and verse to interpret Elvis. Marie shows how the tenth plague in Exodus predicted the death of the first born of Rock and Roll: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper. She uses Revelations to match the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to the early heroes of Rock and Roll. The White Horseman is Elvis in his jumpsuits, the Black Horseman is Johnny Cash (who only wears black), the Green Horseman is Buddy Holly, and the Red Horseman is Chuck Berry. As Marie interprets the life of Elvis from womb to tomb she drops in details of her own life, including her ex-husbands: Bubba--a hockey player voted in high school as "Most Likely to Lose Teeth in an Altercation" and Dominick--a man so bizarre he received hate mail from Mother Teresa. Elvis and the Apocalypse is a satire lampooning Armageddon predications, New Age hopes, and Elvis fanaticism.

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Let the word go forth to all nations..........2005-01-17

Without exception, this is the best new book that I have read in years. Professor Werner's extensive research elevates the work beyond the reach of what is commonly refered to as "satire." His endless literary, historical, philosophical, and biblical references result in a remarkably rich text; readers with a good working knowledge of the Bible, literature, pop culture (particularly all things Elvis), and history are more likely to catch the jokes. Anyone who enjoys the works of Jasper Fforde (yes, it does start with two "f's") should read this as well.

As a further inducement to reading this text, those among you who have secretly wanted to know more about Elvis, but were afraid to ask, and did not want to read badly written biographies -- you know who you are -- now have a unique opportunity to satisfy the hidden desires of your hearts. Besides, this is a much more entertaining vehicle for knowledge. Those of you who think that you aren't interested in Elvis should also read the book, just as all atheists should read the sacred texts of the world's religions (it is best to know what the other side is thinking).

A friend of mine loaned me the book by chance, as it seemed, after meeting Professor Werner at a New Year's Eve party in St. Louis. I read the entire work in one sitting. Upon reflection, I realized that not chance, but destiny -- Providence, if you like, that brought the book into my hands. Now, I know that I have been called to spread the good news of the King's return, or at least to recommend this book to anyone who will listen.

Engrossing, Sophisticated Satire on Elvis & American Culture.......2002-02-08

ýEngrossing, Sophisticated Satire on Elvis & American Cultureý

Have you ever wondered about the meaning of Elvis and his relationship to the destiny of the universe? You havenýt. Well we all should have, and the reason why is told in Steve Wernerýs satirical look at Elvis, prophesy and American culture. The tale unfolds when an unemployed man receives a strange package of ancient manuscript fragmentsý.could these be the final insights for a spiritual transformation in human consciousness?

Using hundreds of biblical, Shakespearean and literary references, Werner has woven an impressive and at times wildly amusing interpretation of Elvisýs role in the Universe as disclosed by the Bible. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are revealed to be Elvis (fittingly, the White Horseman), Johnny Cash (you guessed it, the Black Horseman), Chuck Berry (the Red Horseman) and Buddy Holly (the Green Horseman).
The other major protagonist in the unveiling of the story is an aging waitress, Marie Ishmael, who reveals to Steve Werner the final ýrevelationsý about Elvis, his destiny and his return!
There are many clever devices in Elvis and the Apocalypse including the authorýs rich use and manipulation of Elvis (and other rock and roll) songs, be it the impact of ýHeartbreak Hotelý or a play on Moody Blue or Frankie and Johnny:

ýElvis imitated Saul in many ways: two whales in a pod. Saul, a moody man, had spells of melancholy. Melancholyýs a fancy word for the blues.ý

ýYa see Elvis was a poet, a musical poet. He was a lover, oh lordy how he could loveýý

The reader goes inside the ýHouse of Elvisý (can you guess?) and is regaled with clever stories from the ýAge of Elvisý:
In the age of Elvis the tenth plague struck, the death of the first-born of Rock and Roll: Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper. Their plane fell from the sky ý a flaminý chariot consumed in great balls ýa fire.

In Chapter 9: ýThe Acts of Elvisý we are taken on a tour of Elvisýs movie career while Chapter 16 covers ýElvis: Death of The Kingý (do you get the significance of the chapter number?). Itýs all here in Elvis and the Apocalypse. It is a tale that keeps you on the edge of your seat through a roller-coaster ride traversing a diverse and impressive array of prosaic, important and romantic concepts, including the ominous devilýs number, sliciný sand, ýIsland Kingý, Nostradamus and Elvis as the symbol of the nation of Israel.
The author uses a pleasant and visually evocative narrative, making Elvis and the Apocalypse easy to read and hard to put down:

The whine of a housefly caught my attention. My eyes were able to follow it and legitimately turn from Marieýs stare without my seeming to back down in cowardiceý.In the anguish of regret at its own stupidity, it buzzed its wing in a desperate but futile attempt to free itself.

Steve Werner lives in St. Louis and teaches religion and mythology as an adjunct professor.

Verdict: ýElvis and the Apocalypseý is a very clever, funny and engrossing read. These combined with its imaginative premise differentiates it from most other fiction books about Elvis and provide a strong reason why it is a worthwhile addition to any fanýs Elvis library. Brethren, Hail the King - renounce your heretic, neo-pagan ways and embrace the world of an apocalyptic Elvis!

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A strange Trip into The world of Elvis.......2001-03-23

This is a wonderful book. It is a strange journey through the world of Elvis and those Obsessed with him it reveals Elvis' connection to The Bible and Nostradamus. It also helps bring understanding to the world of obsessed fans of any celebrity. As well as the human need to connect with an event bigger than themselves it sheds light on the never-ending popularity of groups that believe "The End is Near". I would highly recommend this work to anyone interested in number games, Elvis or the just plane strange. Dr. Warner is a brilliant if odd author. He tells his tail in a way that makes the reader feel the pain of the traveler and the passion of the prophet. I have read Elvis and the Apocalypse several times through now and I find a new allusion to pop-culture or classical literature (From Shakespeare to the Beatles)

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