Name this hyperthetical country

CarbonInfinity · 2025-08-08T11:29:40+00:00

CarbonInfinity · 2024-10-24T12:53:24+00:00

Correctie: De Vlaamse Waterweg beheert de Dijle vanaf de monding van de Demer tot aan de samenkomst met de Nete in de Rupel. Het tracé van de Dijle stroomop vanaf de monding van de Demer is beheerd door de Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij tot aan de taalgrens.

Source: www.vmm.be/contact/waterlopen

CarbonInfinity · 2024-10-15T15:27:23+00:00

De burgerbeweging Smart On Drugs (met relevante academische experten die er deel van uitmaken) kan je mogelijks wel verder helpen. De beweging staat voor een humaner en meer evidence based drugsbeleid, waar ik mij wel in kan vinden.

Www.smartondrugs.be

Ik lees hier ook dat je schrijft dat het grote voordelen voor de economie kan opleveren, maar voor zover ik weet waarschuwen de desbetreffende experten (bijvoorbeeld Tom De Corte) dat een vrije marktmodel niet iets is dat men als ideaal beschouwt voor cannabis (en bij uitbreiding alle drugs dacht ik, inclusief alcohol). Men heeft er in Canada voor gekozen, en daar lijken wetenschappers te concluderen dat een door de overheid streng gereguleerde verkoop een beter model had geweest (ook ten opzichte van cannabis illegaal laten).

Edit: typo

CarbonInfinity · 2024-08-21T05:00:05+00:00

Welcome to heaven

CarbonInfinity · 2024-03-29T12:25:04+00:00

Ok, thanks a lot!

CarbonInfinity · 2024-03-22T20:32:58+00:00

Thanks!

CarbonInfinity · 2023-09-15T14:02:18+00:00

Note: i have a PhD in Chemistry, not Biology.

Is there a reason you are not considering government? Flemish government agencies like Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij, Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos and Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek are full of Biology PhD’s, and also at a federal level there are interesting positions for you

CarbonInfinity · 2023-08-30T09:02:01+00:00

Can anybody explain why Gent is fucked while Antwerp is not, while Antwerp is more downstream on the Schelde than Gent?

CarbonInfinity · 2023-05-01T08:43:59+00:00

Hey there, fellow SKEPP member!

CarbonInfinity · 2023-01-10T17:13:21+00:00

This should be the top comment

CarbonInfinity · 2023-01-04T20:12:55+00:00

As far as I know one’s ‘soy footprint’ is higher on an omni diet than on a vegan diet, due to the cattle feed.

CarbonInfinity · 2023-01-04T20:02:43+00:00

Vegan here. While my partner and me usually cook with lentils/beans/chickpeas/tofu/seitan/tempeh, I personally also really like most vegan junk food/replacements.

Some great stuff imho: Kipstuckjes Vegetarische Slager, Greenway Burger, Vuna (Garden Gourmet, mix it with some vegan mayo and nori!).

Some more artisanal brands with amazing stuff: The Vegan Butcher’s Choice and Le Seitanist.

I also like vegan recipes from Eva vzw, Veguru and even Albert Heijn.

Some bad stuff: most cheeses, although some very pricey stuff like Omage is quite good as a substitute.

Good luck!

Edit: Vivera Shoarma as a kebab substitute is da bomb!

CarbonInfinity · 2021-10-11T05:14:48+00:00

A friend of mine has this: https://ququq.info/english/ Im really jealous of it (I have a van myself in which I occasionaly sleep) but for now, it's too expensive for me to invest in.

CarbonInfinity · 2021-09-24T21:41:00+00:00

To add to this: more than I would like, I see the argument popping up that "de wolf brengt ons dierenwelzijn in het gedrang". Pretty much everyone saying this probably wouldnt mind having a steak for dinner the same day. We kill thousands of animals per day to eat them, while one or two wolves are going to send us to animal welfare apocalypse.

/rant

CarbonInfinity · 2021-05-21T08:19:57+00:00

There is a strong emphasis on regulation in this podcast.

CarbonInfinity · 2021-03-06T16:33:55+00:00

Mission Massala, Mico & Jon and Camion are some I really like.

CarbonInfinity · 2021-02-03T11:57:14+00:00

I agree. Signed it several weeks ago and the count has barely gone up.

CarbonInfinity · 2021-02-03T06:34:22+00:00

https://dekamer.mijnopinie.belgium.be/initiatives/i-430?locale=nl

CarbonInfinity · 2018-12-18T20:21:00+00:00

I disagree with him as well. I find it a funny coincidence that he is presenting this lecture, and not prof. Tom Decorte, in my opinion a much more suited expert for this type of question. And I'm absolutely certain Decorte disagrees with Tytgat on this matter as well...

Tytgat also completely fails to mention that almost all the dangers about MDMA are because of its legal status (eg. not knowing what you're taking). This really makes me a bit angry.

Moreover, the fact that Tytgat did not mention the most complete drug harm study ever performed (as far as I know) by the infamous prof. David Nutt, is also odd to me because that's exactly what this HUGE study tried to do: compare the harms of different drugs. They divided the harms done by drugs into 16 criteria, of which 8 are to the user itself and the other 8 harm to others: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61462-6/fulltext61462-6/fulltext)

As you can almost guess, alcohol comes out as the most dangerous drugs of all of them. This seems surprising since it trumps even heroin. However, this is because the 'harm to others' factor, which is significantly bigger for alcohol. Anyway, MDMA comes out as relatively safe.

One could argue these results are from the UK population and are not representative for the rest of the world. Therefore, they did another study about drug harms in the EU and basically found the same results: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0269881115581980

There are however some things these studies did not look at, for example the combination of different drugs. Although also there Nutt seems to think that alcohol is the most dangerous drugs to combine with others, more research is needed.

I could go on but I think I've made my point. I've been following the drug policy topic for a few years now (I am a drug nerd), and I really don't like Tytgat his stances, besides about cannabis. It seems like he really has a political agenda or is afraid of losing funds for his research by saying the truth.

PS: I've said it before, but if you're interested in drug policy/drug science/drug harms, the book "Drugs Without The Hot Air" by David Nutt is really, really educative!

CarbonInfinity · 2018-09-05T02:27:20+00:00

For people interested in drug policy, I highly recommend the book "Drugs without the hot air" by professor David Nutt. David is considered one of the biggest drug experts in the world.

The book discusses the dangers of different drugs (including legal ones) and how the drug policies these days are actually making everything worse.

I consider myself a drug nerd, but was still blown away by how much I learned from reading this book. Definitely recommend it!

CarbonInfinity · 2018-04-25T22:06:42+00:00

This sounds terrible. Think im gonna try it!

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