Anything but water

• John Fullerton: When Growth Bumps Into the Biosphere
  
  
• Fair trade coffee is not as good for poor farmers as you think.
  
  
• Maps comparing political votes with production locations show that "U.S. ethanol policy is driven by... the demands of the U.S. ethanol industry," not environmental or economic benefits. Government FAIL.
  
  
• Bill Easterly explains How Ignorance dooms Autocracy
  
  
• University cafeterias get rid of food trays ==> Students waste less food and lose weight (many US universities have all-you-can-eat meal plans)

H/T to JWT