Monthly Archives: October 2019

The evolving story of General Motors

As we discussed in our May 2019 client letter The Next Big Shift available here, in the early-ages, horses were the transportation of nobles and people of means, while everyone else had to walk or be pulled by oxen-cart. By … Continue reading

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Swapping diesel for sunshine and self-sufficiency

Fort Chipewyan is going solar! The small community of 1,000 indigenous people sits along the shores of Lake Athabasca in northern Alberta. ATCO is installing 600 kilowatts of solar in phase one and the community will own phase II, 2,200 … Continue reading

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Global recession warnings

As manufacturing slumps around the world, China reported an ‘official’ third-quarter GDP growth rate of 6% today–the weakest in about 30 years.  Consumption made up a record 60.5% of that growth compared with 55.3% in the first half of the … Continue reading

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