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This is the only picture ever taken of the Concorde flying at Mach 2 (1,350 mph). Taken from an RAF Tornado fighter jet, which only rendezvoused with Concorde for 4 minutes over the Irish Sea
26 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
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Ford EV Crisis: “Our Gen 2 vehicles won’t launch unless we can … profit”
16 Feb 2024 1 Comment
in energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, global warming, industrial organisation, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle, transport economics Tags: electric cars
Death of the EV revolution?
Ford EV Crisis: “Our Gen 2 vehicles won’t launch unless we can … profit”
Roads over the centuries
15 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, transport economics Tags: Roman empire
Demand for electric cars crashed last summer, supply is slow to adjust
15 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: electric cars
From WSJ: The wave of early EV adopters willing to splurge had receded, and the next round of potential customers was proving more hesitant. They had more questions about how far a car could go on a single charge, and the life expectancy of batteries. They worried about charging times, repair costs, and not having…
Demand for electric cars crashed last summer, supply is slow to adjust
The Govt’s Version Of EV Facts
08 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: electric cars
By Paul Homewood Yesterday’s BBC article about the Lords bemoaning “misinformation” about EVs mentioned this govt website, which supposedly offers us the truth. In fact it is pure gaslighting, trying to convince people that the facts say something which they don’t: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electric-vehicles-costs-charging-and-infrastructure/electric-vehicles-costs-charging-and-infrastructure Let’s run through some of the Q & As:
The Govt’s Version Of EV Facts
The West’s humiliating electric car climbdown has begun
07 Feb 2024 1 Comment
in energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: electric cars
By Paul Homewood Ambitious plans for an electrification-led industrial revolution are in full-scale retreat France’s President Macron had a plan to make millions of electric vehicles a year. Chancellor Scholz planned to put 15 million on Germany’s roads by 2030. President Biden trumped the lot with a $174bn (£138bn) plan to make […]
The West’s humiliating electric car climbdown has begun
Flying in America Has Actually Never Been Safer
05 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health and safety, transport economics Tags: air accidents, air crash investigations
U.S. airlines have gone nearly 15 years without a fatal crash—and it’s not just luck. The revolution in the skies began with an innovative program that has become a model for the rest of the world.By Ben Cohen of The WSJ. I used the book The Economics of Public Issues in my micro classes. It had…
Flying in America Has Actually Never Been Safer
Māori official in New Zealand’s Coast Guard insists that prayer to a god is the key to reducing drowning
30 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of religion, transport economics Tags: Age of Enlightenment, free speech, Freedom of religion, political correctness, regressive left
This very short article appeared in Waatea News, which I gather is a purveyor of news related to the Māori of New Zealand. (It also runs, I believe, the country’s only Māori radio station.) I’m putting it up for one reason, and then we’ll get a break from the Kiwis and the iwi for a […]
Māori official in New Zealand’s Coast Guard insists that prayer to a god is the key to reducing drowning
Third Electric Bus Fire In London This Month
28 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: road safety
By Paul Homewood Another electric bus fire in London. This is Putney Bus Garage: https://twitter.com/ediz1975/status/1750116346606633023 The story has also been covered in the The Standard here.
Third Electric Bus Fire In London This Month
Creativity
25 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
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Death of EVs? Hertz Downscaling Total EV Fleet by a Third
13 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
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Customers don’t want EVs: “… eliminate a disproportionate number of lower margin rentals and reduce damage expense associated with EVs. …”
Death of EVs? Hertz Downscaling Total EV Fleet by a Third
Technology disruption
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Lord Goldsmith given driving ban for four speeding offences – after backing 20mph limit
12 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, environmental economics, law and economics, transport economics, urban economics Tags: British politics
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness Some things you could not make up! https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/01/11/zac-goldsmith-banned-driving-caught-speeding/
Lord Goldsmith given driving ban for four speeding offences – after backing 20mph limit
The Insane Engineering of the Space Shuttle
04 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
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Are cities for tourists or residents?
03 Jan 2024 1 Comment
in economics of regulation, industrial organisation, transport economics, urban economics
And at what margin? A new ideological struggle is brewing, yet we have not yet recognized it as such. The question is to what extent cities are for tourists, or for their current residents. Here is a report from Vermont: A Vermont town known for its autumn foliage has closed its roads to the public […]
Are cities for tourists or residents?
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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