Here’s Why You Can’t Afford an Electric Car
The US is using complicated and limited-in-practical-effect programs to increase electric car sales rather than allow in cheap Chinese models
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“We Need a Plan for the Transition to Renewable Energy”
Radical societal transformation is inevitable; a plan for renewable energy could make a difference between catastrophe and progress.
Read more...Democratic Rights Are No Excuse for Airing Russian Perspectives in Europe
Why are European elites “on the side of Ukraine’s freedom” so eager to curb freedoms at home? The silencing of opposing viewpoints accelerates in Italy as support for Project Ukraine declines.
Read more...Carmakers’ EV Enthusiasm Fizzles Out as Consumers Pull Back
Automakers are warning EV sales are falling short of the level needed to meet climate change containment goals. What to do?
Read more...Electric Vehicles Use Half the Energy of Gas-Powered Vehicles
An analysis of electric vehicles’ explains why they are much more efficient. But this take seems to omit some key variables.
Read more...Why Does Germany Continue to Self-Destruct?
German elites run up the tab, but the country’s working class is largely stuck with the bill. An attempt to understand why Germany cannot or will not reverse course.
Read more...Wall Street Journal: “Why No One Wants to Pay for the Green Transition”
The green energy transition, which truth be told has not gotten very far, is already hitting a wall.
Read more...Car Dealers Warn Biden Administration to Pump Brakes on EV Plans
Auto dealers throw cold water on EV uptake hopium.
Read more...Why Biden Is in Trouble About the Economy
Why skeptics are correct to doubt the Biden Administration claims touting how well the economy had done under its stewardship.
Read more...How the Labor Movement Can Make the UAW’s 2028 General Strike Dream Come True
This could be the beginning of the most exciting resurgence of American organized labor power in a century.
Read more...Under the Cover of Energy Crisis, Europe Shifts Industry, Emissions and Pollution to Balkans
German auto industry is representative of wider EU efforts to use the Balkans as a low-wage, polluted sacrifice zone.
Read more...United Auto Workers Union Hails Strike-Ending Deals with Automakers That Would Raise Top Assembly-Plant Hourly Pay to More Than $40 as ‘Record Contracts’
UAW strike wins across the auto industry show that disciplined labor action works.
Read more...American Society Wasn’t Always So Car-Centric. Our Future Doesn’t Have To Be, Either.
The surprising history of the car in the U.S. offers hope for a shift toward more climate-friendly transportation options.
Read more...BMW: Gasoline Car Ban Poses “Imminent Risk” To European Automakers
BMW warns that the 2035 EU mandate to end sales of new fossil fuel vehicles will be a mass death event for most EU car makers
Read more...The EU-Indonesia Fight Over Nickel and Who Gets to Own the Clean Energy Future
The situation also provides another example of the challenges of “derisking” from China.
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