I have 4 (or 5) classes at present. 1 I’m quite enthusiastic about, that would be environmental classics. 1 that seems to be very low effort, that would be Science and State. 1 I’m unofficially auditing, terrestrial ecology. And 2 that seem to be more work, in which I am behind on a paper proposal. Those would be community Economic Development and Resource and Environmental Economics. I have ideas. For Community Economic Development, I want to do something of a feasibility study for biodiesel in MN. How much could be produced. What would the price be, how much would be produced. How would it be produced, etc. For Resource and Environmental Economics, I’m thinking something about soil fertility management with a cost benefit analysis comparing organic farming, heavy fertilizer use, and some intermediate solution, with short and long term windows, including environmental costs such as watershed nutrient poisoning.
Interestingly, there may be an interaction between the two, given a proposal to grow high oil algaes for making biodiesel in agricultural runoff holding ponds, but that would require a great deal of research on my part.
In other notes from recent life, my bike is in the shop for a much needed tune up, and Scott is on his way to Germany.