Climate: Insurance industry costs due to disasters down sharply
Insurance industry costs for disasters is down sharply YoY, as media keeps telling us climate disasters are worsening. Are they?
Climate: To change the climate, what do we choose not to fund?
A choice to spend money on X is a choice to not spend money on Y, Z and many other activities. Politicians often present government spending programs as a choice…
EVs: Hertz slowing its EV rollout
he company had deals to acquire EVs for its rental fleet. About half were being used by Uber drivers – but those drivers dorve “their vehicles into the ground”, increasing…
Economy: Most who build wealth do so gradually, over time
For example, only 1% of families under 35 are millionaires, but that rises with age. By ages 55-64, 21% of families are millionaires. This trend is particularly pronounced among college…
Climate: We must establish global, individual digital ID
We must establish global digital personal IDs to track each individual's carbon emissions, meat consumption.... this is the way?
Drones: Man faces 10 year prison sentence for shooting down quadcopter
Guy in Florida shoots down a quadcopter, is arrested and charged with Federal offense for downing an aircraft. He was already a convicted felon.
Education: Oregon’s median class size is 22
The median number of students in a class in Oregon schools is just 22. Teachers are likely to strike, and are asking for smaller class sizes. Or that for each…
Energy: Royal Society study estimates need for months of electricity storage
Due to potential for weeks or months of limited solar and wind generation, the grid might need months of electricity storage - or backup generation.
Economy: We already have universal basic income
It’s called transfer payments: A transfer payment is a payment from the government, to you, with no corresponding product or service delivered at the time of payment. Basically, “free money”.…