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...as in Delta land that's below sea-level (via JWT): ...each square meter of pasture loses about 2/10ths of a gram of carbon per day. It sounds small – until you realize that across the entire delta 20,000 cubic meters of peat disappear each day.
Hundreds of pumps toil to remove water that ...
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Seven months ago, I noted a decision of South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal affirming a right of 42 liters of water per day.* The winners in that decision thought the number too low (they wanted 50lcd, which the South Gauteng High Court had awarded previously) and appealed to the ...
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As some of you may have noticed, I have been twittering from aguanomics .
I am wondering if I should distribute the material now appearing on "speed blogging" posts through Twitter.
Downside: Hard to comment on the links.
Upside: Faster distribution; more space for posts "of substance" ...
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I just found out that you can watch my lectures ( environmental economics and policy at UC Berkeley) with subtitles (turn on close captioning at the box in the lower right corner). The sync with my words is sometimes comically wrong, but it's progress of a sort!
The MOST cool part of the ...
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That's how I've answered the phone for 20 years.
It saves me time, and the caller confusion. I wonder why people still do this:
[ring ring]
David: Hello?
Caller: Hello, I am calling for David.
David: Oh, yes. This is David
In the days before cell phones, this method saved no time; ...
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" Our studies show that people judge behavior as more unethical when (1) identifiable versus unidentifiable victims are involved and (2) the behavior leads to a negative rather than a positive outcome."
" In two experiments , we find that non-binding talk of fairness within a three-party, ...
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From here :
In a perfect world, governments would start by addressing issues such as over-irrigation and water wastage in industry before opening their wallets to build desalination plants and divert rivers, but it tends not to happen like that. Large water infrastructure projects continue to ...
Government
World Bank
Harvard University
There are now about 1,000 subscribers to this blog, and about 300 unique visitors per day. (Subscribers can read the blog without visiting it...)
This is awesome! Glad that you are all here!
I think we've got a sweet critical mass of readers and commenters. Too few means we don't have depth ...
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I've noticed more spam on the blog (good news: it's more popular), and I hate spam.
For the moment, I am moderating comments.
I'd prefer to NOT use capcha filtering on comments because they suck for legit readers, and I am wondering if spam is coming from bots or people. I may try capchas ...
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[NB: I had a great time at the water footprinting thing; blog post to come.]
In this 40 minute water chat [7MB mp3], Rob Harmon of the Bonneville Environmental Foundation and I discuss how they have implemented a market for in-stream water in which farmers are paid to leave water in-stream ...
Stocks
Hey! There's a new poll (grades mean smarts!) to the right --->
Thanksgiving is about food and Christmas is about presents but which is MORE about family?
Thanksgiving
66%
35
Christmas
34%
18
53 votes total
I wonder ...
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I will be speaking at this next Monday.
The Purpose ("Catalyze a Sea Change in Action Towards Resiliency in Long Term Water Supply and Management in Silicon Valley") is rather obtuse, but it should be an interesting crowd.
Registration is $55--85, on a sliding scale.
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Risk Management
Tom Birmingham has invited me down to Westlands to have a tour and water chat about the situation there this coming Sunday. Do you have any questions that you'd like me to ask him?
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I will be attending a Water Footprinting conference tomorrow in San Francisco (as a reporter), and I look forward to hearing what people have to say. (I may also ask a few questions...)
Although I predict that many speakers will talk about best practices and shortages, I wonder if any of the ...
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James Workman notices that Copenhagen delegates are walking around without pants: Geopolitical concerns alone should compel Copenhagen's delegates to make water adaptation strategies their top priority. But rather than defuse it as a threat multiplier, or integrate it in coping mechanisms, ...
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In these economic times, civilization can break down: "Gov. David Paterson... plans to use money collected for environmental programs to cover the budget deficit ." Penny wise, pound foolish.
A review of Water War in the Klamath Basin: Macho Law, Combat Biology, and Dirty Politics by ...
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In response to this article , which mentions Ricardian Equivalence , I wrote this letter to The Economist:
A new economic theory
SIR – So those who argue against an economic stimulus have raised “the doctrine of Ricardian equivalence”. Governments around the world are borrowing from the ...
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I just got another paper published, and this one is -- if I may say -- awesome.
"The Auction Market for Journal Articles" (co-authored with Jens Pruefer) turns the academic publishing world on its head, replacing the current "push" system (authors send papers to editors, one journal at a ...
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(via DL), we hear this bad news :
Water in the Gaza Strip is so salty that it is unfit for human consumption...
He said the amount taken from underground aquifers last year to supply 1.5 million people with drinking water and for agriculture was 160 million cubic metres, but that natural ...
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Six Federal agencies involved in the California Bay-Delta ecosystem want comments here by December 1, 2009 (tomorrow!)
Comment on price increases for the Las Vegas Valley Water District
500 Grand Central Parkway (Las Vegas)
Tuesday, December 1 @ 9 am
Fundraiser in support of Rock the ...
