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What do Lamborghini, Amazon, GM, Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi, National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Have in Common?  Big News of the Week.

What do Lamborghini, Amazon, GM, Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi, National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Have in Common? Big News of the Week.

To start off today I want to share with you some information that may be of great interest to you or someone you know.  Many of you know that my wife Debbie has asthma.  For some time now we have been receiving from Sierra Club text messages when the air quality is dangerous for her so she can act accordingly…stay inside and…

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How About Some Variety Today?

How About Some Variety Today?

I am not going to dwell on any one particular issue today but rather thought that I would simply present you with some news on events that are happening that inform and update you on how and what things are changing relative to some of my usual subjects. I want to start though with giving you a link to a…

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles… A Favorite Thanksgiving Movie

Planes, Trains and Automobiles… A Favorite Thanksgiving Movie

I hope that you are enjoying a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend and for all my Jewish readers, a very happy Chanukah starting at sundown tonight.  We are having our Chanukah party tonight! Reflecting on what I am most thankful for it is the same this year as always: my family and health of all of us.  I and my family have all been…

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Forget Glasgow

Forget Glasgow

The title says, Forget Glasgow.  I don’t really mean that.  Glasgow is important.  And I know that some, or even many, will think I’m off my rocker for saying this, but it’s not the most critical factor on how quickly and how far we implement changes to our society that will mitigate climate change to allow our civilization to function with some semblance of…

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Ice Ice Baby

Ice Ice Baby

I am starting today on a personal note.  I have been shamelessly promoting the virtual outing presentation that I made last Thursday.  It was very well attended in fact setting a new record for our group’s presentations.  It went very well from my perspective and I have received very favorable feedback.  In case you missed it and may be interested to see…

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Operation Warp Speed in Transportation

Operation Warp Speed in Transportation

There’s been several articles this week that describe how we are inexorably headed for a carbon free, mostly, electric future in transportation.  There have been, and still are, skeptics that don’t believe that we will get to the point by 2030, or 2035 at the latest, when every mass produced car in the US will be fully electric much less light duty…

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Reiteration

Reiteration

The Federal Reserve is finally proclaiming the obvious and what I’ve been warning you of for years.     “The Fed said storms, floods, droughts and wildfires are among the “acute hazards” that could upend stable economic conditions.”   While this article is primarily about the threat of climate change to commercial and residential real estate and their underlying assets (mortgages and mortgage backed securities)…

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Apologies Are Not Going to Cut It

Apologies Are Not Going to Cut It

Last week I wrote about the multitude of articles showing how our country is waking up to the climate crisis and beginning to react.  None too soon because the consequences are becoming not only worse but converging.  Or, as the following article describes, cascading.   The article from the NYT is a bit long and honestly, scary and depressing as…

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