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Racing to an electric vehicle future

Embarrassed into acceleration by zero-to-sixty startup-to-award-winning-carmaker Tesla, the world’s major car makers are now literally racing to catch up.  That’s a good thing for consumers, air quality and our environment.  Thank you Mr. Musk et al. As a leader in … Continue reading →

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Dumb and dumber: incentives reward burning and burying unsold clothes rather than reusing

The fashion industry is often cited as the most polluting global industry behind those of oil and gas and industrial animal agriculture. Apparently, counter-productive tax incentives are presently rewarding importers for burning and landfilling unsold clothes rather than recycling or … Continue reading →

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At asset market highs, liquid savings remain woefully insufficient

As shown below, the average US saving rate fell from 13% of disposable income in 1981 to 2% by 2005, as US housing prices peaked (and people naively bet everything they could borrow on home prices perpetually leaping faster than … Continue reading →

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