“Electrification Is Not Enough For Decarbonization” – Consumers Energy
A new workgroup seeks to address some questions about the future of infrastructure in a state that continues to lag in regulatory and technical innovation.
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Biden Infrastructure Plan: What All Is Included?
We must remind critics of the Biden infrastructure plan what all is included in the term “infrastructure.” It’s a little bit more than just cars.
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Buttigieg Suggests VMT Tax. Here Are A Few Alternatives.
VMT is a tough sell for a variety of reasons. Can’t we just get it over with and get a national carbon tax?
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Losing Your Shirt: Amazon’s Anticompetitive Edge in Pricing
Amazon is playing a strange game involving pricing of some of its products, selling them at a hefty loss. It’s not really clear why.
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Port Angeles CRTC: Giving New Flight to Aircraft Scrap
In Port Angeles, Washington, Vishva Nalamalapu hangs out at the Composite Recycling Technology Center, or CRTC, with Michigan transplant Nicole Wright, to learn about all of the cool stuff they are manufacturing from aerospace industry scrap.
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Centralization: Economy of Scale? Looming Disaster? Lil Bit of Both?
Streetcars, gas and water pipes, power lines, and other “invisible networks,” to borrow a line from the title of Ann Durkin Keating’s book, make up a vibrant history of infrastructure in which centralization vs. decentralization is a big debate.
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Strava’s Heat Map Makes The Case For Safer Streets.
Dion Thompson-Davoli showed us his Strava Heat Map of Detroit. It’s exactly as you would expect– showing a gaping hole of activity in most of the city proper.
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Black Ocean Strategy? Private Firms Are Looking To Cut Themselves A Slice Of The Infrastructure Pie.
Wall Street and Silicon Valley are looking for access to infrastructure as they seek out new markets and sources of reliable revenue streams and growth potential. It’s good work … if you can get it.
Read MoreSidebar: What Actually Happens To Those Overdue Water Bills?
A followup to the Dennis Kefallinos article with a response from the Water Department on why the delinquent property owner has been allowed to rack up several hundred thousand dollars in delinquent bills. The response may have opened up more questions than it answered.
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Detroit Gets It Right On Vaccine Rollout
Vaccine rollout in Detroit has gone a lot better than management of the pandemic when it first started, and for this, the city should be given credit.
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