EV V Fossil Fuel Resources

It is obvious, and yet it is not. Electric vehicles use dramatically fewer resources and raw materials than typical fossil Continue reading →

Data That Matters January 2021

Instead of zero, the average increase in global temperature is 0.32F (0.18C) per decade, and accelerating. Estimates for the US Continue reading →

Carbon Neutrality Gets Cheaper

Climate change and technology continue to advance. We’re getting a better understanding of the effects of our pollution and natural Continue reading →

Space Junk Threat

Something to add to 2020, the threat of space junk collisions getting real. A worry that’s been part of the Continue reading →

Data That Matters September 2020

For people born in the 40s, the chance of earning more than their parents was ~90%. For people born in Continue reading →

Sailing Ships Return

Let’s be clear, these are sailing ships, not sailboats. Before we used fossil fuels for powering transportation, businesses around the Continue reading →

US GDP Drops 2Q20

Two of Covid’s main effects on the US: ~150,000 dead, so far; second quarter annualized GDP down 32.9%. That’s the Continue reading →

Record US Unemployment May 1 2020

Every week has added to last month’s record US unemployment. Some recent weeks have singly been ten times the previous Continue reading →