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  • Hump day booze post (from The Economist)

    The world may be getting warmer, but it is not getting much wetter. It quaffed 249 billion litres of alcoholic drinks in 2014, a modest increase of 1 billion over the preceding year. When measured by intake per head of the drinking-age population, consumption is down a little from a peak of 56.6 litres in…

  • Taco Tuesday

    Here is my recipe for the meat: Brown 1 lb of grass-fed ground beef* Mix the taco seasoning** (adapted from food renegade): 1 tablespoon chili powder 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon onion powder 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon salt Drain the fat from the beef, add 1/2 cup of water…

  • Friday Beer Post & Image of the Day

    Just sayin': UPDATE:  For crap's sake (thanks for point his out Mauricio R.), somehow I missed the environmental hook to the story: The beer will come in 22oz bottles and contain 6.3 percent alcohol. Additionally, the beer collaboration will benefit an organization called "Protect Our Winters," which helps fight the effects of climate change on…

  • Daily Demand and Supply: Lobster of the Land*

    You can tell that I'm ramping up to teach principles of micro–I'm using env-econ to store examples, even if they have nothing to do with the environment.  So here's a nice graph of ground beef prices over time.  Now i just need to figure out what is going on so I can sound smart in…

  • AERE Happy Hour at the SEA meetings

    I just sent this message: AERE / SEA session participants, Let's have our informal AERE Happy Hour after the Distinguished Guest Lecture ("Life as a Lab: Using Field Experiments in Economics" John List [see note below]) on Saturday. This is a great chance to meet old friends and new and organize your dinner party!  …

  • Friday beer post

    From the western NC best kept secret list: Laughing Seed Cafe, Asheville Not so long ago, eating at a vegetarian restaurant could be an ascetic experience even for vegetarians. But all those meat eaters have no idea what they’re missing when they walk past the Laughing Seed Cafe. It distills much that is distinctive about…

  • And I hear there will be a crab feast afterwards

    Just a little something to make Tim jealous, from the ASSA program (searching on Q5):    

  • When science works: the myth of gluten sensitivity

    I know this isn't exactly environmental, but a couple of side interests of mine have been 1) the ability of health fads and information conveyance (or misinformation) to affect behavior, and 2) using science for mythbusting.  Here's a case where anomalous scientific findings–gluten causes intestinal issues in some non-celiac patients–helped establish a multi-billion dollar industry…

  • “Washington College Students Rally to Protect Cows From Global Warming”

    My favorite is 1% milk* with chocolate malt Ovaltine: A newly released report showing that higher temperatures cause cows to give less milk is uniting climate and animal rights activists to take immediate action to counteract the negative effects of bovine heat stress. “Cows are happy in parts of Northern California and not in Florida.…

  • What do the U.S., Russia, Ireland and Morocco have in common?

    Illustration credit: Richie King, Quartz; (click for larger image) via www.yahoo.com I prefer bourbon .  Unlike vodka, it has a flavor.  And I refuse to call it whiskey.  I don't know why.