Energy: Wind power generation dropped in 2023
Wind power generated in 2023 was less than in 2022. Ooops.
Economy: Real estate prices
Interesting perspective on incomes versus home prices - will home prices collapse or incomes climb?
Demographics: Concerns over declining fertility rate is a “far right” issue
Concern over declining fertility rates is a far right, Christian fundamentalist, racist, anti-woke effort of bigots, says this report.
Media: Myths widely promoted by the media
The media says everyone is moving abroad, retiring abroad, moving to tiny homes, eating vegetarian, taking gap years - except those are all lies.
Education: College enrollment down by -15% over past ten years
College enrollment is down by about 15% over the past 10+ years.
Autos: Why we no longer have small pick up trucks
How EPA regulations killed off the compact, small pickup class of vehicles - and why today, all we have is huge pickups and SUVs.
Education: “Gap years”
"Gap years" after high school or college is supposedly the big new thing. Except it's not, and it mostly applies to the affluent.
Housing: Tiny Homes?
"Tiny homes" is a very tiny market, even when defining a "tiny" home as up to 600 sq ft in size.
Economy: Lots of stories that Gen Z has it awful
Except there’s this: Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich (economist.com) And this: Don’t feel too sorry for Gen Z — they’re outpacing boomers on income and millennials on home ownership (msn.com)…