Here  is a photo of the 30,000 square foot mansion that he doesn't want to talk about in Florida.  As a role model, he should make public his annual electricity bill, and the number of miles he flies each year.   He could use the UC Berkeley Carbon Calculator  to precisely estimate his footprint.  Now, what would he do with this information?  Would he engage in voluntary restraint?  Would he install residential solar panels?  Or, would he shrug off this information and not sweat it?  My own research with Dora Costa suggests that this depends on whether Mr. Jeter is a liberal or a conservative.

Susan Jacoby's new book Never Say Die is reviewed in the NY Times today.   She does not believe in "wishful thinking".   For Baby Boomers who hope that their best days are yet to come, she offers some cold water. To quote the review; "At 85 or 90, Jacoby writes, 'only a fool' can imagine the best years are yet to come."  

Optimism versus rational expectations.  The actuarial charts do not lie.  Your life span is a random variable.

1.  Mike Tidwell has written a piece on how he is personally adapting to climate change.  I prefer the first part of the article where sketches his "small ball" investments he is making to protect himself against anticipated climate change. He then overreaches when he turns to the future of our food supply.    "If that happens, Iowa is done for. Corn and wheat will wither and die on a scale never before seen.

Yesterday, two different cab drivers started talking to me about how high gas prices are cutting into their slim profit margins and also mentioned that gas is $8 a gallon in Europe.

Who knew that United Airlines' Hemispheres Magazine had so much wisdom?  But, here is the proof.  My loyal readers will see some Climatopolis optimism.   Now, the article doesn't discuss how much sea level rise would mean that this engineering fix wouldn't work.  I liked the use use of information technology to offer the people of Venice an "early warning" system of a coming flood.

"By 2014, however, if all goes according to plan, things will work differently when the sea rises up.

Glaeser's Triumph of the City celebrates cities as a place where we can achieve our dreams but who are we to limit "we" to mere people?  Don't forget the goats.  Goats are migrating to the cities (or at least to Berkeley and Portland).  Want proof?  Read my blog post here.

Going "Cold Turkey" will help us to adapt to climate change.  That's Paul Gilding claim in his forthcoming book titled "The Great Disruption".  Do you remember John Lennon's version of cold turkey? I can't tell yet if I prefer Lennon's or Gilding's version.

Will our quality of life continue to improve?  Will life expectancy, literacy and overall well being increase for more and more people over the course of the 21st century?   My optimism for why I believe the answer is "yes" is due to urban capitalist growth.  As more and more people choose to live their lives in cities and their surrounding suburbs, the trading networks and interactions that people take for granted in New York City will become common place throughout the world.

This Amazon Link  is telling me that my Climatopolis book is now a "bargain book".  This is a bargain book and quantities are limited. Bargain books are new but could include a small mark from the publisher and an Amazon.com price sticker identifying them as such.  Why is a for profit firm such as Amazon offering a 60% discount?  When I was a student, we were taught that those with market power will raise the price for goods whose demand is inelastic and for which there are few good substitutes.

This long piece sketches the challenges that Florida's housing market faces with thousands of owners sitting on negative equity and playing a game of chicken with the banks who hold their mortgage.   We need a "magic bullet" here for propping up housing demand.  Don't look to Washington DC for "stimulus" here.  Fortunately, there is an alternative.  Increase immigration  into Florida and negative equity concerns will vanish.
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