Climate: Great Salt Lake’s shrinkage not due to climate change
Today, as much as two-thirds of the potential river inflow never reaches the lake. Consequently, the lake is shrinking. However, it is not climate change, but human water use that’s…
EVs: The US Charging network does not work well
1 in 5 EV drivers said they’ve been unable to charge at a charging station because it was not working. Reliability is a huge issue and its not yet solved.…
Demographics: School district closing 16 elementary schools now planning for middle school closures
Source: Jeffco middle school data help explain coming school closure decisions – Chalkbeat Colorado Over the past 20 years, the school age population in the district has declined by about…
EVs: What happens to one’s older gas car when replacing it with an EV?
Many of older used vehicles are now shipped to other countries. Buying an EV doesn't really reduce carbon emissions; it mostly moves them somewhere else.
Demographics: The demographics of China and India
If you are interested in population demographic, this report is a good summary of issues facing China and India, which long ago chose completely different paths forward to deal with…
Demographics: What happens to Ukraine’s future population?
In 2020, Ukraine’s fertility rate was about 1.4, well below replacement level. Russia’s war on Ukraine has caused perhaps 5 million people, mostly women and children, to flea the country.…
Climate Follow up: A half century of climate apocalypse headlines that turned out to be wrong
Fascinating – take a look: 50 years of predictions that the climate apocalypse is nigh 2000: “Children just aren’t going to know what snow is”: …within a few years winter…
Fact checking a fact check: “protected bicycle lanes make streets safer for cyclists”
There are nearly a thousand bike related fatalities per year. Most fatal accidents involve a vehicle. Thus, separating bikes in physically separated bike path will likely reduce fatal accidents. Source:…
EVs: Ford contracts to use Tesla charging network and connector
This is big: Ford Tesla EV charging deal puts pressure on GM (cnbc.com)
AI: “AI is taking the computer age from ‘the bicycle to the steam engine’”
Uhh, does this mean AI is a bunch of hot air? 🙂 OpenAI will start using Microsoft’s Bing as the default search experience for ChatGPT, Microsoft CEO announces Source: Microsoft’s…