Data That Matters July 2015

US wages rose 3.3%. Humans can lay bricks at 700/hr. Robots, 1,000/hr. Americans turning away from owning homes as only Continue reading →

Californians Go Waterless

California’s drought has gone beyond cutbacks. In some communities the water no longer flows and it being trucked in. In Continue reading →

US Highways Need $1T

Maintaining a highway is more than fixing potholes. The US Interstate Highway system was designed to connect the lower 48 Continue reading →

Pollute Less To Grow Economies

Pollution has been accepted as a consequence of growth. The logic has been that to reduce pollution would be to Continue reading →

Bangkok May Disappear

Bangkok has too many things working against it: rising sea levels, ground sinking from drained aquifers, and its own growth. Continue reading →

Innovative Burials

Burial practices defined societies, and were taken as a mark of early civilizations. They were developed with great respect for Continue reading →

US Hits Resource Quota

On July 14, the US used up its annual production of resources – effectively. If the US could only use Continue reading →

Hawaiian Wave Power

Technologies for solar and wind power are maturing and stabilizing. Innovations will happen; but, the existing technologies suffice. Tidal and Continue reading →