Security: The scammers are out in full force this morning
This is the 2nd email phishing scam email I’ve received this morning – and it is still mid-morning on the west coast of the U.S. Note some of the oddities:…
Energy: “California utility companies propose charging customers based on how much money they make”
Three major utility companies in California are looking to restructure customer billing, and part of that means customers could be charged based on how much money they make. Source: California…
Out sick – continued
Still out sick: Out sick – Coldstreams Skeptic Yesterday started out much better but late in the afternoon my fever shot up to 102.5, dropped to 101 by 1 am,…
EVs: Current EV batteries have issues
EV batteries have a significant environmental cost. Recycling them has its own set of human and environmental problems. The bigger problem is that we still insist on using cars for…
Twitter is filled with posts like this
Twitter is filled with selfies or self portraits of a couple or a family all wearing a variety of masks, saying the pandemic is not over, we must continue to…
Automation, Demographics: Generative AI Could Raise Global GDP by 7%, productivity by 15%, and affect 2 in 3 jobs
Goldman-Sachs predicts significant economic and job impacts from generative AI technology over next ten years: Generative AI Could Raise Global GDP by 7% Over the next ten years, 2 in…
Public health: Covid death rates blamed on ethnicity by Czech public health minister
April 11, 2020, Czechia Deputy Minister of Health, Roman Prymula: “It turns out that different races have different numbers of receptors, and that virus binds to several receptors. This is…
Climate oops: “Dutch minister warns of waning public support for climate policies”
Measures to protect environment have led to stand-off between government and farmers in the Netherlands Source: Dutch minister warns of waning public support for climate policies | Financial Times The…
EVs: 1 in 5 EV public charging stations do not work
And the failure rate is increasing: Roughly one in five public charging attempts fails, with 72% of them attributed to equipment issues. “Just adding stations isn’t the answer … we…
Less than 1 in 5 Americans think their next vehicle will be an EV
Nearly 80% of the public cite the lack of charging infrastructure as a primary reason for not purchasing an electric vehicle. Source: Nearly half of Americans say unlikely they’ll buy…
Demographics: Visualizing the World’s Plummeting Fertility Rate
Good visualizations at the link. Short-term solutions like immigration can help until populations are shrinking in every country. Longer-term solutions—reducing the cost of raising a child, and providing better support…
Demographics, Automation: Drone deliveries to homes and businesses
A US startup has won permission to fly drones over people and beyond the view of their operators in New Zealand, a key regulatory step that could help open the…
Demographics: “A Global Population Shortage Is Coming, Will Cause Economic Chaos”
The global population decline is in motion. And that could hamper the world’s entire economic model, leading to a dramatic crippling of our global economy, says Sebastian Dettmers, CEO of…
“Population bomb” theory debunked
50+ years ago, the Population Bomb was published, predicting a dire future of calamity, starvation and war due to population growth. This was followed shortly after by a report from…