Mood

Today’s activity: estimating the total power output of US lemon production if you used them for lemon batteries (about 20kW)

After talking with my research colleague during the conference, have a plan on how to investigate some elements related to tax incentive participation, think I know what I might be playing with next...

... I get to look at some firefighter data...

Whee!

But late in posting this (as well, I was busy), but yesterday was the first public presentation of my tax expenditure research in a formal academic setting. So exciting to get feedback and interest.

Love transdisciplinary conferences.

Would be hard pressed to see household food waste and orbital debris in the same conference session normally.

Fresh vegetables are a welcome distraction to studies.

Campus chef's garden is producing eggplants, cucumbers, and various greens at this point, although don't know what recent water / storm damage has been.

@giuseppe_aceto This is just an entry from a reference encyclopedia (Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics - "Altruism and Economics"). Doesn't go into a huge amount of detail

Was checking it to see if what its sources they're referencing - will see what those say when they come in from Document Delivery

Economic modeling of altruism is messy

God Bless Academic Librarians

Going to an agricultural university is great, except for when you need to schedule food policy meetings in the provincial capital.

This province isn't even that big!

Finally back from summer in woods. School year means finishing up collation of US tax credit data, more maths, and continued observations of salads in anime.

It's pretty disconcerting how many energy policy journals are owned by Elsevier. If anyone can recommend any #OpenAccess alternatives, I'd be so grateful. Despite my librarian skills, I'm not finding a lot and I'm trying to avoid environmental law journals for the time being.

@bgcarlisle Flower is Prunella Vulgaris I think?

The intersection of economics, science-for-the-sake-of-it, and people having enough food to survive and thrive is pretty interesting.

The fact that the scientist in this article was female and worked for free (!) because the university refused to pay married scientists adds a certain feminist bent to the reading as well. I'm super glad the Japanese nori farmers honored her for her vital work and continue to do so.

Highly recommend: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-nori