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💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Why Geological Maps Are The Best Investment You’ve Never Heard Of - Investments In Geological Mapping Paid Off Big Time For Americans.<br>--<br><a href="https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/why-geological-maps-are-the-best-investment-youve-never-heard-of/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">zmescience.com/science/geology</span><span class="invisible">/why-geological-maps-are-the-best-investment-youve-never-heard-of/</span></a> &lt;-- shared opinion piece<br>--<br><a href="https://profession.americangeosciences.org/reports/geological-mapping-economics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">profession.americangeosciences</span><span class="invisible">.org/reports/geological-mapping-economics/</span></a> &lt;-- shared technical cost-benefit analysis<br>--<br><a href="https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/gsa/positions/position3.aspx" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">geosociety.org/GSA/gsa/positio</span><span class="invisible">ns/position3.aspx</span></a> &lt;-- shared 2003 GSA appraisal<br>--<br>[I am, of course, biased in this regard, but I also like well-presented metrics – and use cases being met are my favourite!]<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/value" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>value</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cost</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cartography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartography</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cartographic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartographic</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/costbenefit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>costbenefit</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geologicmapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geologicmapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/metrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metrics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/usecase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usecase</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fedscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedscience</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/appliedscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appliedscience</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/engineeringgeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineeringgeology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/construction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>construction</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/resources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resources</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/naturalresources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturalresources</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hazard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hazard</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/naturaldisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturaldisasters</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/payoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>payoff</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investment</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/massmovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massmovement</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/groundwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>groundwater</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/waterresources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterresources</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rareearth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rareearth</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minerals</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/oilandgas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oilandgas</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/exploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploration</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/underground" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>underground</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/publicgood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicgood</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/publicvalue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicvalue</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investment</span></a></p>
David Wakeham<p>I mean seriously?!</p><p>Could you imagine if <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> used VSL value-of-statistical-life (currently valued at $5.3 million per normal person) based approach in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> policy areas as they do in infrastructure?</p><p>Sensible move really when you consider the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeless</span></a> die at almost twice the rate as those who are housed. </p><p>Apparently <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mortality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mortality</span></a> isn’t considered ethical.</p><p>Here is a quick little hypothetical mock-up I made - and as you can see - I kept receipts...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CostBenefit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CostBenefit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ROI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Invest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Invest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Morality</span></a></p>
Félicien Breton 🍉 🔻 🌱<p>In December a new European Commission will take office. Under the slogan of <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/competitiveness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>competitiveness</span></a>, they see it as their priority to hack away at public interest rules – from social rights to the environmental protections – that corporations and lobbies consider too ‘inhibiting’.</p><p>Here are 16 different initiatives the @eu@a.gup.pe deregulation campaign will unfold: <a href="https://corporateeurope.org/en/2024/11/16-steps-towards-deregulation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">corporateeurope.org/en/2024/11</span><span class="invisible">/16-steps-towards-deregulation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/costBenefit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>costBenefit</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SingleMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleMarket</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/EuropeanCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanCommission</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Commission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commission</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/UrsulaVonDerLeyen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrsulaVonDerLeyen</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/VonDerLeyen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VonDerLeyen</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/UvDL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UvDL</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/lobbies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobbies</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CorporateEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateEurope</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/transition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transition</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/socialRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialRights</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a></p>
Whiskers 🇦🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@kevinrns" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kevinrns</span></a></span> Very welcome. A question: has anyone done analysis of the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/costbenefit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>costbenefit</span></a> to society?</p>
Estelle Platini<p>The "Costs of War" project, based at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, estimates that the total death toll in post-9/11 wars – including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen – could be at least 4.5-4.7 million:<br>Stephanie Savell (2023) <a href="https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/papers/2023/IndirectDeaths" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/pa</span><span class="invisible">pers/2023/IndirectDeaths</span></a></p><p>Blair is one of the Western leaders who shares complicity for this appalling death toll: <a href="https://mondediplo.com/2003/07/01ramonet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mondediplo.com/2003/07/01ramon</span><span class="invisible">et</span></a></p><p>State lying has been thrown down the memory hole by media outlets who welcome him with open arms.</p><p>(to be continued)</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Post911Wars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Post911Wars</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/WarOnTerror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarOnTerror</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/unjustWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unjustWars</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/warCriminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warCriminals</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blair</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Bush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bush</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Sarkozy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sarkozy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/entitlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entitlement</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/presumption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>presumption</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fragility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fragility</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/insecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insecurity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/stats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stats</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mortality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mortality</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/wars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wars</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/diseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diseases</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/starvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>starvation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/costing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>costing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/internationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internationalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/costBenefit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>costBenefit</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/IHL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IHL</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/casualties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>casualties</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/collateralDamage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collateralDamage</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/warCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/counterTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>counterTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/warfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warfare</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/civilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilians</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/grievability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grievability</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/StateViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateViolence</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/epidemics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epidemics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statistics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mortality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mortality</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/demography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demography</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/diseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diseases</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/injuries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>injuries</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conflicts</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/USWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USWars</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/deaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deaths</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>