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?
Are cities for tourists or residents?
03 Jan 2024 1 Comment
in economics of regulation, industrial organisation, transport economics, urban economics
Predictably, the Rush to Electric Cars Is Imploding
22 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics, urban economics
Anyone who tells you these power grabs aren’t coming is telling you not to believe your own eyes.
Predictably, the Rush to Electric Cars Is Imploding
Detours
20 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, international economics, International law, transport economics, war and peace Tags: war against terror
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European Passenger Train Travel Declining
13 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in transport economics, urban economics
The media treat Americans to a constant drumbeat of how much better European passenger trains are and why we need to spend hundreds of billions or trillions improving our train system. The latest is a report that overnight trains are proving they can replace air travel by “play[ing] an important … Continue reading →
European Passenger Train Travel Declining
CNN: ‘It’s time to limit how often we can travel abroad – ‘Carbon Passports’ may be the answer’ – ‘Drastic changes to our travel habits are inevitable’ – Suggests restrictions will be ‘forced’ upon public
12 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics
Dear Citizen 1138, we regret to inform you that your request to travel has been denied as you have reached the limit of your carbon allowance for this period.
CNN: ‘It’s time to limit how often we can travel abroad – ‘Carbon Passports’ may be the answer’ – ‘Drastic changes to our travel habits are inevitable’ – Suggests restrictions will be ‘forced’ upon public
All very small and short ranged
11 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - New Zealand, transport economics
You’re fooling yourself if you think you can land that plane
05 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in behavioural economics, economics of education, economics of information, economics of media and culture, transport economics Tags: air accidents
Almost everyone has thought about it at least once. You’re on a plane, minding your own business when suddenly and unexpectedly, an announcement comes over your entertainment system that the pilots have been incapacitated and they are urgently looking for someone to land the plane. Would you put your hand up for this heroic task?…
You’re fooling yourself if you think you can land that plane
Tories urge Sunak to scrap ‘anti-motorist’ net zero vote
04 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: climate alarmism
By Paul Homewood More than 40 Conservative MPs and peers have urged Rishi Sunak to drop a vote, due on Monday, to approve “anti-consumer” and “anti-motorist” net zero quotas for the sale of electric cars. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the parliamentarians, led by Craig Mackinlay, the chairman of the Net […]
Tories urge Sunak to scrap ‘anti-motorist’ net zero vote
#endoil??!
27 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics, urban economics
Remote Working Increases Productivity
22 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in transport economics, urban economics Tags: economics of pandemics
Last July, I noted that studies that claim that telecommuters are less productive than those in fixed workplaces were unpersuasive because they “mostly dealt with low-skilled jobs such as call centers and data entry.” I’m not the only one who thinks so. Writing in Business Insider, Ed Zitron noted last … Continue reading →
Remote Working Increases Productivity
HSR: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone
19 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
The Mineta Institute — named after a San Jose congressman who was Secretary of Transportation in 2001 through 2006 — has a new report claiming that high-speed rail will produce huge economic and environmental benefits. Rather than being based on any careful analyses, it basically repeats old claims that are … Continue reading →
HSR: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone
Diesel-Driven: Electric Car Charging Stations Powered by Giant Banks of Diesel Generators
18 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics
While wind and solar advocates reckon we’ll all soon be driving electric vehicles charged up using sunshine and breezes, it’s ‘dirty’ old diesel that’s doing all the hard work. In Australia, those seemingly virtuous souls with EVs are really being propelled by coal, because 85% of the electricity passing through its Eastern grid comes from […]
Diesel-Driven: Electric Car Charging Stations Powered by Giant Banks of Diesel Generators
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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