Environmental Economics

I'm complaining about the free ice cream

I have an in-class VEconLab experiment planned for my 10 am environmental and resource econ class. It's 9 am and I'm trying to set it up. Here is the message I'm getting:

The program could not make a connection with the database. Possible cause: the Veconlab server may be down for some reason, e.g. extended power failure. We apologize. Please try again later.
Too many connections

Ugh.

EZ? my @$$

From the inbox:

Hello Professor Whitehead:

Thank you for contacting Digital CARE Support. I understand that you are having trouble with logging into the http://www.eztestonline.com website. Before you can gain access to Eztest Online, you will need to log in and fill out all of your school information on the http://www.mhhe.com website. ...
 
Traditionally it will check your information against the instructors we have on record, and send a final confirmation E-mail. This message will come in from a generic No Reply E-mail address. Note that this can take up to 48 hours. ...

The process can be some what of a hassle to begin with. However, once you get everything setup. The website is very convenient. ...

The E-mail address [email protected] is very generic and will sometimes be blocked by Spam and Junk mail filters. If you do not receive the message make sure to check these folders.  Finally, if you can not wait 48 hours or do not receive the E-mail, it would be best to work with your sales representative on this matter.

My favorite part is this:

However, once you get everything setup.
The website is very convenient.

Is that robot talk or poetry?

 

Are your balls biodegradable?*

As if my wicked slice doesn't cause me enough stress, now I have this to worry about when I golf (from CNN):

Research teams at the Danish Golf Union have discovered it takes between 100 to 1,000 years for a golf ball to decompose naturally. A startling fact when it is also estimated 300 million balls are lost or discarded in the United States alone, every year. It seems the simple plastic golf ball is increasingly becoming a major litter problem...

In many cases, removing a partially degraded ball from a lake or woodland area could result in further damage to the wildlife. So what is the solution? Harvie had this advice: "Keep your balls on the fairway or invest in a stock of biodegradable balls."