We have an exciting postdoc opportunity open to join our team at @ITS-Davis working on new regulatory approaches to indirect land use change (ILUC) assessment. Please circulate this through your networks and reach out if you have any questions! https://t.co/kDa0YDh1N6

Similar workshops are being held around the country, in case you're not in our neighborhood. See the link in the invitation to find one in your area. Please share this announcement and I'm happy to answer questions!

Interested in the GREET model for transportation LCA? Have you found the GREET model to be very confusing and tough to work with? We can help with that! ITS-Davis will host a 2-day R&D GREET model training workshop model in Sacramento this November! https://t.co/ePurSTMYeG

So DOGE-related cuts and early retirements eliminated 550 staff at the National Weather Service, and now the NWS is being granted special permission to hire 450 positions to relieve critical shortages. Such a waste of time and resources.

REPEAT Project just completed our rapid analysis of the impacts of the Senate-passed version of the One Big "Beautiful" Bill (#OBBB), which the House is considering now, on the US energy sector and emissions. Still working up full report, but here is a sneak peak... 🧵

I have a new blog up at @ITS_UCDavis: No, Your Gasoline Prices Will Not Rise by 65 cents per gallon in July. I'll give you three guesses to figure out what it's about. https://t.co/QeaCIGmQga

Decoding the administration. When talking accomplishments, every small detail becomes an accomplishment when you otherwise have none. Just don't tell people. Set meeting time. <-subdeal Agree nothing was accomplished. <-subdeal Set next meeting time. <-subdeal

100% agree with this, and it's a real problem.

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For any who still wrestle with the relationship between biblical theology and U.S. political parties: This is excellent.

we are on day three of idiotic pundit babble about an awkward Biden line that he instantly clarified, for no other reason than that the GOP thinks it would be a useful political distraction, and our worthless pundit class prides itself on always taking GOP bait

My most normie belief, which is shared by approximately zero people on this website, is that Trump is personally responsible for so much of the political dysfunction in this country that the political climate will indeed get meaningfully better the second he retires.

Rick Steves: There was a handful of people who opposed Hitler, refused to do the proper salute, to kiss his ring; these are the Kinzingers, the Liz Cheneys, and the Mitt Romneys…of the German democracy in 1932… https://t.co/0gJte3NS9s

Obviously, we'll run sensitivity scenarios with higher and lower prices, but does this seem likely as a central case? @ScottIrwinUI @SusanNOBULL

It gave us pause to see the significant long-run decline, and given the history of US agencies projecting that historical patterns will never change, it could be a somewhat strained assumption that recent demand increases from biofuels are just a blip.

Hey ag economics folks: We're working on a biofuel modeling project and thinking about long-run trends in production costs. USDA projects that soybean oil prices will significantly drop over the long run: https://t.co/F4ONidtSSW Is this projection credible/likely?

No, I'm not saying 2 people were pretend killed in Butler. I'm saying 45 was never shot. There's no such thing as an ear being "blown off at the top" that leaves no marks and there's REALLY no such thing as an ear growing back. Why isn't anyone speaking who got money? Of course

And then went into it in more depth in our July 2023 webinar (slide 22, specifically): https://t.co/XdsSdru6ru

I'm concerned about gas price impacts resulting from this rulemaking, though more in 2030 and beyond, not the next few years. The discussion has been transparent. I briefly raised the issue in my presentation at the May 2023 workshop on the AAM: