…US history. Maybe it is not the spread of radio, maybe it is the spread of automobiles, which became the dominant form of personal transport in that decade, which helped…

…The claim is that, with a new catalyst, methane (and oxygen of course) can be used to generate electricity at the temperature of an auto engine (500 c). They do…

…can work more or less on auto-pilot to drive a clean energy transition, unless they are affirmatively repealed by Congress. In this post I consider whether carbon taxes are likely…

…industrial recession has already begun. The auto and truck sales report in the beginning of January will be very important to see if this is spreading out to the consumer….

…likely to return. Among those are chemicals, apparel retailers, and auto parts. In these and other sectors there is not much reduction of uncertainty regarding US-China trade, so not likely…

…next 48 hours we’ll get reports on January auto and truck sales. Both of these will help tell us if the weakness in the production sector has been spreading or…

…to the viability of this business model is that risks are uncorrelated or independent: the chance that you have an auto accident must be largely independent of the risk that…

…which would suggest that real unit sales at auto & parts dealers were probably on the order of 1.3% or 1.4% lower once price increases are taken into account… similarly, while nominal…

…higher, which would suggest that real unit sales at auto & parts dealers were probably on the order of  7.6% lower once price increases are taken into account… similarly, while nominal…

…of an “auto-coup” where an in-place leader effectively seized an autocratic power, upending standard rules and procedures. The person doing this is current President Kais Saied.  He has fired the…