I am going to start today where I left off last edition, with more on how climate change is impacting the insurance business. And then I will cover a variety of other subjects. The second article is about a topic I’ve written about very little and that is how climate change is effecting mental health. Unfortunately, this may be about…
Let’s get one thing straight. Much of the news media is spinning EV sales in a way that is a misconception. They are trying to say that EV sales are faltering. That is NOT accurate. They have seized upon the fact that the days supply of Electric Vehicles on dealers’ lots has risen. True. But so has the days supply…
Our worldwide society is lurching forward like a drunken sailor. We are on a collision course with the climate. We’re creating a train wreck in slow motion. And while it may be slow motion now, this freight train is speeding up and gaining momentum. Pretty soon, a lot sooner than later, there will be nothing we can do to slow…
This is a very personal and hard article to write. One that I had hoped for almost two years not to have to author. And as much as I have personally struggled with this, I feel I have no alternative but to do so. In 1976 I joined Sierra Club. I did so primarily to help protect the wild places…
In case last week’s edition of Frankly Talking didn’t make you alerted to the weather and climate changes maybe a few headlines and articles will make you take notice this week. Why a Sudden Surge of Broken Heat Records is Scaring Scientists Scientists say to brace for more extreme weather and probably a record-warm 2023 amid unprecedented temperatures By Scott Dance…
Thanks to all of you who noticed that you had not heard from me for about a year and checked in to see if something was wrong. Nope. Just needed a break. There was a combination of burn out (pandemic related) and life getting too busy for a while. But here I am again to keep you informed on so…
Maybe you noticed that you haven’t heard from me for a while. As I had mentioned, we went on a vacation and had a great time. And I took a vacation from writing this blog as well. Now I’m back and will try to get into the groove again of putting these together but it is summer…so probably won’t be…
As I’ve said over and over, and you’ve heard elsewhere, “follow the money”. Following the money reveals what things happen and why. The bottom line is (and yes, pun intended) that when peoples’ incomes and business profits are impacted things change. People and businesses, and governments too, will change when there is opportunity to increase income and profits or when these…
Happy Mother’s Day to you all. I hope you get a chance to celebrate the Moms in your life. Somewhere between 75,000 and 100,000 years ago our human ancestors began to develop into the species we have now become. (I recently read James Michener’s 1965 book The Source which begins human history within this timeframe.) But it was only about 10,000 years…
There are two primary articles I want to highlight today pertaining to a couple of topics I have covered regularly over the years. After that, I will throw at you a several headlines about the auto industry and the environmental impact of climate change. Let’s start with economics. I have been writing about for a couple of decades now that there is not…