- Sheila Olmstead has a nice review [PDF] of the economics of water.
- Taking phosphorous out of fertilizer for homeowners. Good idea. Most of them have no idea what they are doing and apply too much.
- "The amount of tap water used by Dutch households hardly changed in the period 1990-2009. Water saving measures have reduced the amount of water used per capita by an average 0.5 percent per year. In trade and industry tap water use fell by an average 1 percent per year."
- "From 2004 to 2008, the annual growth rate in economics articles within water resources research was 100%. The rise of these disciplines highlights the changing interests of governments and grant-making institutions as they work to solve a variety of problems associated with water resources." That's what Elsevier says (they publish economic articles on water resources).
- Jamie Workman writes about paradoxes, i.e., Water is priceless in use yet worthless in exchange, Your water-saving device increases our collective thirst, and Thriving urban waterworks must encourage and reward waste . But he has a solution: Forget about virtue, enduring conservation must tap human vice. Mandeville would be proud!
05 April 2011
Speed blogging
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Getting phosphorous out of garden centers probably is a good idea, since P is rarely the limiting nutrient in a home garden. Just don't explain to the organic folks why they use bone meal.
Getting the phosphorous out of dishwasher detergent, on the other hand, is a foolish, meaningless gesture that has negligible benefits.
The whole home garden area is widely overlooked. In California, over 50% of the pesticides applied are not from farmers. Foresters, golf courses, and parks are subject to the same strict regulations that farmers are; home gardeners can do anything they want.
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