Doing the Math for a sustainable future
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Joined March 2010
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Beef emits 31 times more CO₂ per calorie of food than tofu does. By cooking so many cows, humans are cooking themselves, too. Forgoing steaks may be one of the most efficient ways to reduce our carbon footprint econ.st/4846MuH 👇
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The New Sport of Misrepresenting AI Criticism - @garymarcus reiterates why there is much to criticize. garymarcus.substack.com/p/th…
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European governments are trying to reduce energy use. Great. But instead of telling people not to heat their homes this winter, they should scale down unnecessary corporate production (luxury goods, advertising, planned obsolescence, etc) and cut the purchasing power of the rich.
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This is a critically important new study. It shows that exceeding 1.5 degrees will likely trigger five tipping points, including Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheet collapse. We need radical climate policy to prevent this. theguardian.com/environment/…
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Technologie heeft de mens vooruit geholpen, maar ook bijna om zeep. Stikstof vormt daarvan het perfecte voorbeeld, betoogt cabaretier en filosoof Tim Fransen. Tussen kennis en wijsheid gaapt nog steeds een diepe kloof volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie…
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🆕 New data on the environmental impacts of food.
For a long time we've had environmental footprints of food commodities on @OurWorldInData: beef, wheat, rice, etc.
I've added lots of new data on specific food products: bread, burgers, pasta, etc.
ourworldindata.org/explorers…
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This year SCIP is about to turn 20! Join us for a scientific birthday workshop with invited speakers @meurevine @dominiqs81 and many talks on computational mixed integer optimization: November 4th, @ZuseInstitute Berlin, scipopt.org/20years #scipopt #orms
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In een serie verhalen onderzoekt @nrc de gevolgen voor het kapitalisme van de de strijd om het behoud van de aarde. Voor de reeks sprak ik met duurzaamheidsexpert @ron_rovers. Zes richtlijnen om te voorkomen dat we de planeet uitputten?
nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/06/27/we-…
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Just listened to Jennifer Castle's interview on Forecasting Impact .. take a listen and learn .. learn more at climateeconometrics.org/ @OxfordEconDept #econometrics #forecasting #climatechange
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So it turns out that the private sector CANNOT in fact self-regulate a market failure, surprising absolutely no one who knows anything about economics. All good though, not like we're running out of time or anything...
telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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Good! Greenwashing is a serious problem.
The European Commission should also step up to plate and introduce minimum criteria in Disclosure Regulation @McGuinnessEU.
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Why is it important to eat socks after meditating?
GPT-3 is hilarious, but, um, … 72 years after The Turing Test, and we are still in a heap of trouble:
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A variety of actively developed and supported open source math optimization software packages is crucial for having a lively research community and facilitating accessible #orms computation for practitioners and researchers. COIN-OR is looking for support. coin-or.org/2021/12/15/futur…
Future of COIN-OR open source math optimization software @slashdot slashdot.org/submission/1514…
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Bedrijven vergroenen zichzelf met dubieuze certificaten. Kritisch stuk over #greenwashing fd.nl/achtergrond/1392180/be…
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Zonder hergebruik zijn Parijse klimaatdoelen onhaalbaar. De urgentie is groot om te versnellen @pluttikhuis @nrc #haastigespoedisgoed #nieuweeconomie #circulair
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Let's see whether the supply chains for the required resources can keep up with the trend: economist.com/leaders/2021/0…
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Probleem op formatietafel: stikstofregels houden vergroening tegen /via @NOS nos.nl/l/2383625
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De NL'se stroomvoorziening wordt steeds duurzamer . Nu moeten we zorgen dat we ook het licht aan kunnen houden wanneer er mínder zon of wind is. Met @TenneTTSO, @Gasunie en @Energie_NL schreven we een handreiking voor wat hiervoor nodig is: natuurenmilieu.nl/nieuwsberi…