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Here’s a scholarly article published a few days ago in Science Magazine on the cost of climate change, whose authors, from the Stanford School of Public Policy and the Nicholas Institute at Duke University, have taken into account a great …

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Gary Tulie writes:  Hi Craig, This piece on “electric buses about to go mainstream in Ningbo, China” is interesting.   Yes, this is what they’re talking about doing at Stanford University as well. Keep in mind that providing a 5 KM range in …

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About 25 years ago I came across a professional “futurist,” i.e., a gentleman whose career is based on predicting the future based on the present.  (Actually, I presume that his work is based on the present, though I’m not sure …

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Here’s a post on a conference held at Stanford University recently on driverless cars.  As I’ve mentioned, I don’t deny that there are benefits, e.g., fewer accidents, better productivity due to better flowing traffic, and better fuel efficiencies.  But I …

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Here’s an article on a study from Stanford University that questions the economic validity of energy storage as a solution to even out the variability of wind. I think the most probable scenario for our energy future is more about …

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If you think that most American kids today lack the work ethic and intellectual curiosity that they had in generations past, you’ll get no argument from me.  But if you believe that all young people share that deficiency, you’re 100% …

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Here’s a wonderful article that begins with a question: Since it’s so clear that our civilization faces several different types of existential threats due to its overconsumption of finite and increasingly scarce resources, why is essentially nothing being done about …

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At the rate of a few times a week I’m asked about global climate change, and I provide a brief summary, including the concept: This is complicated. No one knows exactly how changes in the constitution of our atmosphere will …

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At the heart of the adoption curve for clean energy, electric transportation, and sustainability more generally is consumer behavior. If consumers don’t vote in favor of green products with their wallets, the world will remain mired in dirty and abusive …

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Here’s a discussion that those of you interested in marketing will find interesting. My friend Terry Ribb wrote to me extolling this video in which a brilliant Stanford Professor speaks on customer-focused marketing (which happens to be exactly what Terry …

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