Christmas 2022: Handbuilt City’s Naughty or Nice List
It’s time for the annual tradition of pointing out the winners and losers of the year in terms of who’s
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Terrorists Blew Up Power Infrastructure This Weekend. The Media Barely Noticed.
To be fair, there’s a lot of weird stuff going on these days. The wealthiest man in the world, with
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Infrastructure: Think Outside The Smartphone-Driven Profit Motive
One of Michigan’s most visible mobility spokespeople recently said in a webinar that smartphone ownership and profitable markets were the two hindrances to developing sustainable mobility solutions in the state. It’s a politically horrific, functionally dubious, but baffling thing to say.
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But Weight, There’s More: The Achilles Heel of Electric Vehicles
Electric cars are generally far more efficient than gas-powered ones, as a matter of thermodynamics. But a new article looks at one huge problem with electric cars, and one that is often entirely disregarded in policy, regulation, and consumer economics, and that’s the factor of how much they weigh.
Read moreRegressive Politics Seem Bad For Economic Growth. Can We Prove It?
The Supreme Court’s recent announcement that it will hear a case about draconian abortion restrictions in Mississippi led me to
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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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In Search Of Cheap, Scalable Solutions For Grid Resiliency
The extreme weather event affecting about two thirds of the United States right now suggests the need for small-scale interventions that can be scaled over an entire market.
Read moreThe Red-Blooded, Gas-Fired Future of Midwestern Energy
I attended a forum on DTE’s Integrated Resource Plan Tuesday. The state’s public service commission, an entity that seems to
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