Our investigation found that many EVs could become almost impossible to resell because of their limited battery life.
The Used EV Timebomb
The Used EV Timebomb
02 May 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics, urban economics Tags: electric cars
Jonathan Haidt and Candice Odgers debate the relationship between social media and mental health
02 May 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of media and culture
Does social media worsen mental health for young people, especially young women? It has become an article of faith for many that it does. And there is bountiful anecdotal and research evidence that supports the view. Take, for example, the furore that erupted back in 2021 around Frances Haugen’s leaking of internal Facebook research showing the negative…
Jonathan Haidt and Candice Odgers debate the relationship between social media and mental health
Why So Obsessed with Decarbonizing?
02 May 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
How did the current obsession with decarbonization arise? Part of a lecture given by Prof. R, Lindzen to MIT Students for Free Inquiry on March 6, 2024 is posted by John Ray at his blog Greenie Watch. Excerpts in italics with my bold and added images. Currently, there is great emphasis on the march through […]
Why So Obsessed with Decarbonizing?
Some Economics of Tipping
01 May 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply Tags: asymmetric information, moral hazard, tipping
Why leave a tip? You have already received whatever food or service you are going to receive. Maybe if you are a very regular customer, tipping could lead to better service in the future. But most people who leave tips do so even if they are stopping off at, say, a restaurant in a city…
Some Economics of Tipping
Countries With Most Wind & Solar Generation Suffer World’s Highest Power Prices
01 May 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: solar power, wind power
As night follows day, adding more wind and solar capacity inevitably results in rocketing power prices. The hard numbers say it all. China enjoys the world’s lowest power prices, thanks to cheap, abundant and reliable coal-fired power. Adding to their advantage, China is building dozens of new coal-fired and nuclear powered plants. It’s almost as […]
Countries With Most Wind & Solar Generation Suffer World’s Highest Power Prices
How we know that the sun changes the Climate. Part I: The past
01 May 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
by Javier Vinós Part I of a three part series. The Sun is a variable star and the amount of energy it emits varies from month to month, year to year, and century to century. One of the manifestations of these variations are sunspots, which are more common when the Sun is more active and…
How we know that the sun changes the Climate. Part I: The past
Tying the Knot
01 May 2024 Leave a comment
in health economics, politics - USA Tags: abortion law reform
Dobbs, of course, was the Supreme Court decision saying that the constitution does not provide a right to abortion, thus leading to restrictions on abortion in many states. The pictures is from The Economist, the original paper is here.
Tying the Knot
Electric car demand plunges across Europe
30 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, transport economics, urban economics Tags: electric cars, European Union
Sales of electric cars have stalled despite Europe’s plans to ban the sale of new internal combustion engine cars by 2035.
Electric car demand plunges across Europe
Alvin Bragg and The Art of Not Taking Law Too Seriously
29 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2020 presidential election, 2024 presidential election
Below is my column in The Hill on the first week of testimony in the Trump trial. It is making Rube Goldberg’s 13 step self-operating napkin look like a model of efficiency and clarity. It is so convoluted and illogical it is mesmerizing. Here is the column:
Alvin Bragg and The Art of Not Taking Law Too Seriously
Guardian: Politicians “Propagated the Myth” that Renewables are Easy
29 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: solar power, wind power
If you fell for the government propaganda that renewables are the cheapest form of energy, the Guardian will help set you straight.
Guardian: Politicians “Propagated the Myth” that Renewables are Easy
How Global Cooling Threatened The World’s Food Supply
29 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism
By Paul Homewood It was not just the US which had catastrophic weather in the 1970s. This article in the NOAA magazine of April 1974 shows just how worried scientists and governments were about global cooling:
How Global Cooling Threatened The World’s Food Supply
Conversations that Matter: Is 2050 a Realistic Net-Zero Goal?
29 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles Tags: climate alarmism
Two Videos from a “Liberal” licking a Red Pill
28 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of education, law and economics, liberalism, politics - USA, television, TV shows Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
If you thought the political cartoons from earlier today were funny you’re going to love the next two videos. Just don’t kid yourself that libertine comedian Bill Maher is going to vote GOP in this year’s election, let alone for Donald Trump. He’s not red-pilled yet, merely rolling it around on his tongue to see […]
Two Videos from a “Liberal” licking a Red Pill
The Biden-Harris Zero-Emissions Freight Strategy: Tilting at Windmills
28 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: climate activists
In summary, this “strategy” is nothing more than a modern-day environmental quixote, tilting at windmills of pollution with a lance of impracticality and a shield of buzzwords like “environmental justice.”
The Biden-Harris Zero-Emissions Freight Strategy: Tilting at Windmills
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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