Education: Oregon high school students no longer need to demonstrate proficiency to graduate
Oregon again says students don’t need to prove mastery of reading, writing or math to graduate, citing harm to students of color – oregonlive.com Rather than seek ways to improve…
EVs: Toyota says it will make super fast charging, high capacity EV batteries
1,200 km vehicle range, 10 minute charging time ultra capacity batteries. Manufacturing to start in 2027 or 2028.
Economy: Rent price controls might be a root cause of high housing costs
Rent price controls might be a significant factor in today's housing shortages.
EVs: BP to roll out Tesla charging infrastructure at BP brand outlets
Travel Centers of America, Amoco "gas stations" and others to start receiving Tesla-built Tesla charging infrastructure in 2024.
Climate: We must reduce food production
Experts: Another FAO official, “Michel Criollo” (not his real name), remembered: “No one wanted to go to the next step of saying agriculture is a problem for the planet and…
Business: Oregon UFCW wants to prohibit self serve gas stations
UFCW wants to prohibit self serve gas station in Oregon. Oregon is a nutty state.
Public health: Hardly anyone is getting new Covid shots
Public health is not listening - yet the low take up rates for the 2023 Covid vaccine speaks loudly. 7% of adults and 2% of kids have gotten the new…
Climate: We must ban everything
Over the past month I have shared actual recommendations from “experts” concerning what we are supposed to do about climate. Most of these proposals are unworkable and non-sustainable, will likely…
Follow up: Economic forecast models mostly useless
The New York Times also chimed in on the poor forecasting record of economists Monday in a separate story, “New Normal or No Normal? How Economists Got It Wrong for…