Transportation: Should more people be riding bikes?
Read an item this morning promoting more people to ride bikes to work and to stores. Which reminded me of a key issue that goes ignored… Look at most urban…
Automation: Robotic, automatic food delivery coming to homes in California and Texas
As the population of younger, new workers declines, as labor becomes more expensive, automation will replace much that we thought could never be automated: Source: Uber Eats and Nuro sign…
Health: New hard hat design reduces rotational brain injuries
This is good: The latest generation of hard hats are designed to cushion the brain during an impact by absorbing forces that cause the head to spin. Source: Next gen…
Demographics 52: Animated population changes since 1900
This is brilliant. Watch the video clip. Best viewed on Reddit –> here.
International: “London Bridge is down.”
Source: Queen Elizabeth II has died – BBC News
Demographics 51: Treasury Secretary calls for free college and subsidized child care
Sec. Yellin, who said a year ago that inflation would be mild and temporary, promotes free college and subsidized childcare to address labor issues. “Programs like free community college and…
Demographics 50: US States and Territories, by fertility rate
2.1 is the population replacement rate. The U.S. as a whole is about 1.63, above, but 1.78 by others’ estimates. Some states, like mine, are just 1.39. This means any…
Demographics 49: Sen Romney proposes paying Americans to have babies
My own state has a 2020 fertility rate of 1.39. Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney introduced the Family Security Act. 2.0 last week to address declining marriage rates and the…
EV: 2024 Chevy Equinox EV to start at US$30,000
The all-electric Chevrolet Equinox EV is scheduled to go on sale in the U.S. next fall, starting at around $30,000. Source: GM bets on electric Equinox to kick-start ‘massive adoption’…
Demographics 48: Germany to expand visas for skilled foreign workers
But open only to those under age 36: Skilled workers from around the world could find it easier to live and work in Germany, if the nation backs a proposed…