"Don't Crush Wireless Innovation'' by George Gilder in The Wall Street Journal, p A22, September 16, 1997. The dead hand of government monopoly has been trying to catch up with the microelectronics revolution. Bungling the licensing of electromagnetic spectrum and moving to outlaw encryption are their latest efforts.
"No Quarter for Kyoto'' by Marlo Lewis, Jr. in CEI UpDate10, No. 8, p 2 (1997), available from the Competitive Enterprise Institute, 1001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 1250, Washington, DC 20036. This is an excellent, concise call for a rational, moral, and effective opposition to the global warming treaty as opposed to the weak, politics-of-envy opposition now emphasized in the U. S. Senate.
"CO2 Increases Oceanic Primary Production'' by M. Hein and K. Sand-Jensen, Nature388, pp 526-527 (1997). They "find a small but significant stimulation of primary production (15-19%) [of plankton] in response to elevated CO2 concentrations that simulate the CO2 rise in surface waters that will occur over the next 100-200 years.'' Rising carbon dioxide levels are producing more trees and other vegetation, more animals, and more ocean biomass. If human use of hydrocarbons is causing this CO2 rise by releasing the carbon in coal, oil, and natural gas (not yet entirely certain), then humans are causing a wonderful enrichment of global plant and animal life. A little warmer winters and longer growing seasons would be nice, too, but there is as yet no evidence that human activities are raising global temperatures.
"The EPA's Dirty Little Secrets'' by H. Sterling Burnett, NCPA Brief Analysis No. 236 (1997) available from National Center for Public Policy, 12655 N. Central Expy., Suite 720, Dallas, TX 75243-1739.
These are that: EPA "clean air standards'' do not help asthmatic children; are not supported by EPA scientists; are based on secret data that not even the EPA has seen; and actually have the net effect of costing more lives than they are claimed to save.
