Delightful tidbits from public sector economics!

• In 2002, it was discovered that Ukraine and Belarus charge only $0.02 per cubic meter of water used. Because it was so cheap to use water, Ukrainians and Belorussians used almost 100 gallons per person per day!
• The EPA was created in 1970.
• St. Petersburg was the Baltic Sea's single largest polluter because it couldn't raise the funds to complete its sewage treatment plant.