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Called the Zandmotor, or Sand Motor in English, the project in The Netherlands is the world’s largest experiment in coastal storm and flood defense.
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting public policy responses are unprecedented. Intentionally shutting down economic activity deemed non-essential by state governors to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus has had dramatic effects on the livelihoods of millions of Americans. The federal government and state governments have taken exceptional actions to support people and businesses affected by the pandemic containment measures.
For many households, it is easy to take for granted access to dependable, affordable energy. Most people seldom think about the power supply that heats their homes, the batteries in their cell phones, or the fuel that takes them to the grocery store. However, for far too many American families who live paycheck to paycheck, the cost of energy is on the forefront of their minds, especially as a result of the economic downturn driven by the pandemic.
Two laws — the Jones Act and Foreign Dredge Act — make it more expensive to move gas, food, and all kinds of goods. But we still can't get rid of them
There are a lot of ludicrously terrible government laws, regulations and policies across all the domains of life. My Covid posts have covered quite a lot of them. Yet if I had to pick one policy that was the Platonic ideal of stupid, the thing that has almost zero upside and also has the best ratio of 'amount of damage this is doing to America’ versus ‘reasons why we can’t stop being idiots about this’ there is (so far) a clear winner.