If you haven't yet changed how you teach and evaluate thanks to AI, you probably need to. This is not something that educators asked to happen, but it is worth noting what is out there - in this case an OpenClaw tool designed to cheat.
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I am looking for a PhD student in energy economics starting in the fall, focusing on household-level energy use and energy poverty.
More info: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
On AI & water, it looks like all US data center usage (not just AI) ranges from 628M gallons a day (counting evaporation from dam reservoirs used for hydro-power) to 200-275M with power but not dam evaporation, to 50M for cooling datacenters alone.
So not nothing, but also a lot less than golf.
#Watertijdreis | 150 jaar Nederlandse watergeschiedenis in beeld, aan de hand van de Waterstaatskaarten @rijkswaterstaat.nl van 1865 tot 1992:
watertijdreis.nl?c=51.976_4.8... 💧Geïnspireerd op www.topotijdreis.nl
We're hiring! Postdoc positions in environmental econ, political econ, microeconomic theory, U of Oslo: econjobmarket.org/positions/12.... Brilliant & friendly colleagues, lovely city, beautiful nature, family friendly norms, Oslo's best views from our lunch room!
Indeed Alistair, same editors and scope, new channel. And open access too!
After Elsevier cut off the tap for the journal Water Resources and Economics in 2024, the research is flowing again, with the launch of the independent new journal, Journal of Water Economics. Edited by the same team, backed by U. Waterloo. #Econsky 😃
openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/jo...
The good news is that the editorial board continued after Elsevier ditched us; this week we launched the Journal of Water Economics:
www.journalofwatereconomics.com
Open access, no APC, and no Elsevier.
Decent summary of "... a consideration of the investment of our finite publishing resources on this journal vs other journals in our list."
If I was a tutoring company and I wanted to convince you that I could teach your kids maths, I would probably not have an advert that said “3=2” on it!
That’s just me though.
This is a problem.
I messed up on my teaspoon conversion, it is 9 teaspoons of water for a query (OpenAI reported 1/15 of a teaspoon). So equivalent to 0.001875% of a hamburger.
'Forever chemicals' are seeping into waterways across Europe. A vanishingly small, man-made molecule resists all attempts of removal. How will the EU eradicate the pollution? www.ft.com/content/a36c...
This Chatham House report notes the Indus supplies 80% of Pakistan's irrigated agriculture -- a system already under grave threat due to climate change. Last year, a severe drought hurt several crops in the country's breadbasket, while Pakistanis were still recovering from previous flooding.
Wat zou helpen is beschikbaarheid data over watergebruik door bedrijven. Voor welke processen wordt drinkwater gebruikt? Is grijswater een goed alternatief? Kan drinkwater lokaal meer circulair worden hergebruikt? Etc.
en 4) we gaan wellicht de bovengrens op belasting op leidingwater (BoL) van 300m3 verhogen (effect onzeker want nog nooit onderzocht)
Al met al erg veel onzekerheid en de gevolgen van waterschaarste zijn onduideljik (bouwbeperkingen? aanbod verhogen ten kosten van natuur/landbouw? drukverlaging?)
Antwoord minister:
1) we vergroten productiecapaciteit van drinkwater (dit is erg moeilijk en vereist hoge investeringen)
2) we gaan onderzoek doen (tja)
3) we doen van alles op het gebied van communiceren, stimuleren en reguleren (maar dat werkt dus niet)
Dit is het mooiste plaatje. Vergelijkbaar met figuur 2 in esb.nu/dreigend-dri.... Het was een crime om de data bij elkaar te sprokkelen uit dertig vewin rapportjes.
Uitstekend rapport van de rekenkamer over schaarste drinkwater. Drie knelpunten: 1) onzekere gedragsverandering, lage prijselasticiteit, en te trage technische ingrepen.
www.rekenkamer.nl/publicaties/...
Most likely. Sounds like a cool paper, maybe I should write it.
Just received my first hallucinated cite, a "hallucite"?
I am pretty sure this paper does not exist:
Brouwer, R., Koundouri, P., Linderhof, V., Birol, E., and Ansink, E.. (2018). Evaluating the impact of climate change on flood risk in the European Union. Environ. Sci. Pol. 83, 1–11.
Just a few days left to apply to this 3-year postdoc position in environmental economics at @vusbe.bsky.social to work with me on the economics of water management (drought, contract design, nature based solutions, experiments, etc). Application deadline: May 15.
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/po...
@icae.bsky.social seminar on Wed 7th May (this week) @erikansink.bsky.social (@vuamsterdam.bsky.social) presents in person "Environmental regulation without centralized enforcement". Link to seminar series and online broadcasting in the bio. Hope to see you there!
Need to update my slides. I used this one from 2020:
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
More importantly: do you have to pay a tariff on your submission fee?
Als Shell niet verantwoordelijk is voor CO₂-uitstoot door verbranding van hun olie (Scope 3), hoe kun je dan farmaceuten verantwoordelijk maken voor medicijnresten in het riool?
fd.nl/bedrijfsleve...
Postdoc position in environmental economics—come work with me in Amsterdam.
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3506...
Title Authors Abstract (Decision under Risk are Decisions Under Complexity: Comment)
A new working paper with Daniel Banki, @urisohn.bsky.social and Robert Walatka, just submitted to SSRN.
The paper is comment on Ryan Oprea's recent AER paper.
The paper is processing, but you, my friends, get early entry.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Just think, this could have all been avoided if he had just done a PhD in Sweden
