Bill Ford is the chairman of Ford Motor Company and a direct descendant of the name. In this short clip he surprisingly admits that Ford is not ready to compete with Chinese electric vehicles… yet!
Now that COVID-19 has had its first year anniversary in Western countries, it is a good time to calculate some metrics. In particular, how much spending did governments do to fight COVID19 and keep their economies moving. Estimates of how much money each country spent on COVID-19 are difficult to […]
If you have been following the President Trumps Trade War with China (and to a lesser extent, Canada, Mexico and Europe) you might think it will be good for US workers in the long run. It turns out that after nearly three years of increasingly aggressive trade sanctions that China […]
One-China is an understanding that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) under the Communist Party of China (CPC) has complete legal and moral authority over both the Chinese mainland and break away island of Taiwan. How it came to be is a fascinating story but One China has been a diplomatic […]
Below is a graphs showing American income distribution for individual (not households) in 2017. To get to the point, if you earn: More than USD $50K you are in the top one third of Americans More than USD $100K you are in the top 14% of Americans More than USD […]
For most of the last 50 years the United Front (aka the Central United Front Work Department, UF, UFW, UFWD and CUFWD) had five broad “bureau’s” each with large budgets and direct connections to the Chinese Government, Politburo and Communist Party. However, by 2019 President for life Xi Jinping had […]
You may have heard that John Deere is leaving America, in favor of a gigantic new manufacturing facility they are building in Mexico. While this is partially true, it’s hugely overstated, just like President Trump’s massive over-reaction to the announcement. It’s not “fake news”, but it is a much more […]
Does it make any sense to impose a tax on imports that will make all Americans worse off? Shouldn’t we learn from our success? We should ask ourselves a fundamental question: Is trade good? Which made us simply capitalism? Trade never occurs unless you want a product more than you […]
No matter your political stripe or educational background you are no doubt aware of the rapid-onset, broad-scope tariffs US President Trump has imposed on 200 countries. The Trump White House and defenders have provided several reasons the tariffs were introduced, but the core is to force a relocation of manufacturing […]
If you have paid any attention to the electric vehicle wars you will know that a Chinese behemoth named BYD is expanding today at the rate that Tesla was expanding five years ago. The really big difference is that BYD was already large in the automotive space so now they’re […]
People can argue that the US President’s recent attack on the Canadian economy by implementing 25% tariffs is strewn with misinformation and bad policy, or they can think it is wonderful American nationalism. We are not going to engage in that opinion discussion, but will outline the core tenants of […]
If you’re new to solar, you can be a little overwhelmed with all of the choices and one of the primary things you need decide on Is which company to get your inverters from. In our first installation we used Enphase microinverters behind each of our panels to convert the […]
I just finished reading Bill Gates’ excellent book titled How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. It is filled with logical, nonpartisan explanations about the real need for both urgent action to reduce climate change today and to prepare for the future with concrete climate change mitigation actions. However, one thread […]
There’s an old saying that goes “nothing breeds competition, like competition” and nothing could be more correct in Tesla’s case. Elon Musk has been so distracted with gigantic successes at SpaceX, massive failures at Twitter / X, and needless public relations crisis, that he is not definitely not brought his […]