Get a levitating globe for your office

avoided going out with them lately, or b.) you can be up front and honest with them and say something to the effect of "i'm on a diet and cant eat that at the moment but please go ahead i dont wont to hold you up". but that turns into "what can you eat/what diet?" ultimately. i have no idea what you mean when you say

point being that although i'm not an economist, i do have a degree in math and physics and know that things

no one really gives a about saving the planet > i fully expect an uprising of idiots going