Article History
The Political Economy of Incompetence
Via: Bob Nelson • Stock Market & Investments • 1 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“How Hannah Arendt predicted Stephen Moore”
It annoys me when someone on NT uses "average", where "median" would be much more useful. But hey! This is NT! Our members aren't "qualified" economists (even if some of us seem to give themselves that standing... not gonna name names, but you know who they are!) But c'mon! This guy is the...
Questions About EVs? I Have Answers.
Via: Bob Nelson • Alternative Energy • 1 Comments • last year
Hank Green (and his brother John) have been posting "stuff" on YouTube for a decade. Their videos are entertaining and educative. They cover all sorts of topics, so they're useful for staying up to date. Highly recommended.
It’s Beginning to Smell a Lot Like Stagflation
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“And it's all about Trumponomics”
Lemme see. Destroy children's health services - yup. Destroy environmental protection - yup. Raise consumer prices - yup. Destroy fundamental scientific research - yup. Give trillions (with a "T") to the already rich - yup. Destroy alliances - yup. Pander to dictators - yup. Oh... and...
Should Ancient Scripture Be Updated to Modern Languages?
Via: Bob Nelson • Religion & Ethics • 8 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“A couple of recent NT conversations indicated that there's a lot of ignorance floating around on the topic of Biblical translation. This came...”
There's a kind of "Christian" called a "clobber-texter". This is someone who has learned some Biblical texts, word-for-word, and uses them to hammer into submission anyone whose ideas differ from their own. Aside from this practice being a blatant violation of Christ's Commandment to "Love...
More mad-king chaos - A Krugman twofer
By: Bob Nelson • Stock Market & Investments • 1 Comments • last year
“About That Stock MarketThe Emperor’s New Trade Deal”
Chaos-monkey policies are beginning to leak into the data, so the mad-king shoots the messenger. SCREW THE DATA - THE STOCK MARKET IS FINE! Um........ no..... The art of the deal, when one of the players has no idea what's going on...
This Electric Car BREAKTHROUGH Could Change How We Make Motors!
Via: Bob Nelson • Alternative Energy • 1 Comments • last year
“There’s a game-changing material coming to EV motors—one that’s been around for decades but was impossible to use for windings… until now. Carbon...”
Alternative energy is a "young" technology - significant improvements are entering large-scale production constantly. The result is plunging costs and skyrocketing performance. Batteries are getting several different new chemistries, depending on the characteristics required, including the...
Chevy’s Massive Electric Truck Just Drove Over 1,000 Miles Without Charging
Via: Bob Nelson • Alternative Energy • 13 Comments • 5 Likes • last year
“The Silverado EV more than doubled its EPA range with zero hardware changes”
I'm not a truck person, because I have no need. But I understand that some people may have regular use for a loadbed. Another NT member expressed serious doubts about EV pick-ups... so of course something pertinent immediately came over my RSS feed!
The Paranoid Style in American Economics
Via: Bob Nelson • Stock Market & Investments • 1 Comments • last year
“Remember, every accusation is a confession”
I know... I know... facts are B-O-R-I-N-G ! ! ! It's s-o-o-o-o much easier to just BELIEVE OUR GREAT LEADER! There may be some problems with that approach...
Chevy Equinox EV Becomes Best-Selling Non-Tesla EV in the U.S.
Via: Bob Nelson • Environment/Climate • 1 Comments • last year
“It led a record month of EV sales for General Motors”
Americans - the smart ones - are racing to buy an EV before Trump ends the EV tax credit. Americans - the really, really, REALLY stupid ones - are still denying the superiority of EVs over ICEs.
Škoda Elroq — Volkswagen’s Coolest Compact EV the Americas Can’t Buy
Via: Bob Nelson • Alternative Energy • 25 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“The electric revolution continues to produce “forbidden fruit” for North American drivers—and nowhere is that more apparent than with the Škoda Elroq”
This is the car my wife and I bought on returning to Calais in late June. The salesman arranged for an incoming "showroom model" to correspond precisely to our specification. It was available as soon as the sales paperwork went through. Ours cost € 33 000, including 20% value added tax, so...