A guest post by Gary Lindsay responding to the speech by Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop: Chris Bishop’s speech regarding infrastructure has been a long time coming. It’s great that a government is finally serious about the massive infrastructure deficit that has been building since the major (necessary) cuts in 1984. Correcting a 40 year infrastructure […]
Guest Post: Funding Infrastructure
Guest Post: Funding Infrastructure
24 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, transport economics, urban economics
About right
19 Jun 2024 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: electric cars
Germany May Sales Of Electric Cars Plummet 30.6% Compared To Year Earlier
17 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: electric cars, Germany
CO2 emissions of new German cars also rose 3.3%…indicating the green transition has stalled and is reversing.
Germany May Sales Of Electric Cars Plummet 30.6% Compared To Year Earlier
Fossil Fuels Remain The Future. VW To Invest 60 Billion Euros In Combustion Engines!
15 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: electric cars, Germany
…customers are tired of being told what to buy and what rules to follow.
Fossil Fuels Remain The Future. VW To Invest 60 Billion Euros In Combustion Engines!
Electric car discounts now ‘unsustainable’ amid record price cuts
06 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: electric cars
By Paul Homewood h/t Philip Bratby Manufacturers have warned that high levels of discounting for electric cars cannot continue “indefinitely” amid a downturn in household sales. Electric vehicle sales rose overall by around 6pc in May, compared to a year earlier, taking their share of the market from 16.9pc to 17.6pc. That represented […]
Electric car discounts now ‘unsustainable’ amid record price cuts
Why Unintended Consequences from Pushing Green Energy
04 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: climate alarmism
We have been treated to multiple reports of negative consequences unforeseen by policymakers pushing the Green Energy agenda. A sample of the range: Ford ready to restrict UK sales of petrol models to hit electric targets, Financial Times Why US offshore wind energy is struggling—the good, the bad and the opportunity, Tech Xplore Another solar […]
Why Unintended Consequences from Pushing Green Energy
Starmer mocked for flying in private jet to launch party’s clean energy plan
01 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: British politics
By Paul Homewood h/t Russell Hicks You could not make it up!! https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/05/31/keir-starmer-private-jet-clean-energy-plan-launch-scotland/ What a pathetic excuse! There was no reason at all why this announcement had to be made in Scotland, other than sheer politicking. And there was certainly no reason why it could not have been made a few hours […]
Starmer mocked for flying in private jet to launch party’s clean energy plan
#HighSpeedRail
26 May 2024 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles, transport economics
The Great Post-Pandemic Population Shift
26 May 2024 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, population economics, transport economics, urban economics Tags: land supply
A little more than half of America’s incorporated cities collectively lost 2.7 million residents between 2020 and 2023, according to estimates released by the Census Bureau earlier this week. New York City alone lost almost 500,000 residents, or 5.5 percent of its population, while the next 20 biggest losers together … Continue reading →
The Great Post-Pandemic Population Shift
Transatlantic air fares to jump under net zero fuel rules
26 May 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics
By Paul Homewood h/t Philip Bratby Yet one more cost for Net Zero: The cost of a return trip to New York is on track to rise by £40 as a result of incoming net zero regulations, according to figures from Virgin Atlantic. The extra burden on travellers is expected if […]
Transatlantic air fares to jump under net zero fuel rules
The cost of colonialism
26 May 2024 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking, transport economics Tags: China
Net Zero Cargo Ships? International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Demands Climate Action
24 May 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics
Yet another freedom sapping international treaty committee of unelected apparatchiks.
Net Zero Cargo Ships? International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Demands Climate Action
Mercedes and Volkswagen DITCH their EV ambitions! | MGUY Australia
20 May 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: electric cars
Volkswagen and Mercedes aren’t the first automakers to get cold feet over their earlier ludicrous electrification promises in the face of clear market apathy, but we can be 100% sure of one thing: they won’t be the last.
Mercedes and Volkswagen DITCH their EV ambitions! | MGUY Australia
Is it time to take the Interislander away from Kiwirail?
17 May 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, industrial organisation, law and economics, managerial economics, politics - New Zealand, privatisation, property rights, Public Choice, survivor principle, theory of the firm, transport economics
The Herald reports: KiwiRail’s seemingly endless requests for more money is damning. At one point, KiwiRail assured Robertson when he was the Finance Minister that the worst-case scenario would be an extra $300 million before requesting $1.2 billion a few months later. Not what most people regard as worst case. It’s no wonder Ministry of Transport officials […]
Is it time to take the Interislander away from Kiwirail?
Wall Street Journal: Companies are Balking at the High Cost of Running Electric Trucks.
10 May 2024 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, transport economics Tags: electric trucks
The Wall Street Journal’s coverage of the high costs associated with electric trucks in the logistics sector brings critical scrutiny to the practical and economic viability of this transition.
Wall Street Journal: Companies are Balking at the High Cost of Running Electric Trucks.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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