Follow up: 2022 PNW Fire Season “potential to be worse than last year”
July 28, 2022 – PNW fire season “to be worse than last year” What to expect this fire season Grant County Fire District 13 Chief Jim Stucky said that while…
Demographics: This Letter to the Editor gets it
According to the Pew Research Center the birth rate in the US has been on a continual decline since 1964. That was a long time ago, so if we’re on…
Demographics: Proposal to allow teens age 13 and up to work
Teens as young as 13 could soon be making coffees and packing groceries, as part of a proposal by the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) to fill gaps in labour shortages…
Demographics: The political hurdles to solving labor shortages with immigration
As we know, the U.S. fertility rate has been below the population replacement level for decades. This is true of most of the world’s countries. In the U.S., most of…
Environment: After 200k miles, an EV’s lifetime carbon emissions are 28% less than gas car
The link is a fair analysis of the overall lifecycle carbon output of an EV versus a gas-powered car: How Many Miles Before An Electric Car Is Greener Than A…
Demographics: Labor shortage all over Europe
Source: Labour shortages felt all over Europe – EURACTIV.com All countries, basically. This report, though, fails to mention the fertility rate in Europe has been low for decades and the…
Demographics: How some job ads intentionally discriminate against those age 40+
Employers insert descriptive words and phrases into job ads that lead to fewer applicants over age 40. Some word choices are obvious give aways while others are subtle. Source: Help…
Demographics: Role of Marriage and Education in fertility rates
Source: The Decline in Fertility: The Role of Marriage and Education — Penn Wharton Budget Model As of 2019, about 41% of adult women age 25+ had at least a…
Demographics: Decline in births leads to closing obstetric hospital units
The decline in births is causing some smaller hospitals to consider closing their obstetrics units. Research suggests they begin to have too few births to maintain the services and care…
Demographics: The pilot shortage (and mechanics and air traffic controllers …)
Watch the video. It’s a shortage across multiple job functions, not just pilots. Why the U.S. is running out of pilots (cnbc.com) Pilot training is time-consuming and very expensive. But…