Peakers Out, Batteries In?
A new paper suggests this may not be economical in many cases – yet. I realize that on this blog we often pour cold water on what at first glance … Continue Reading Peakers Out, Batteries In?
Riders on the Strom*?
Public transport ridership is in serious trouble. We know that having the average American commuter move an average car weighing 4,000 pounds 41 miles across a highway is an inefficient … Continue Reading Riders on the Strom*?
Trashing My Scale Won’t Make Me Less Fat
Strategic shutdowns of pollution monitors kill people. Instead of writing an excessively angry piece about the abysmal outcome of the latest global climate negotiations, I calmed myself down chemically by … Continue Reading Trashing My Scale Won’t Make Me Less Fat
Cool Car, (Wo)Man!
Peer effects in EV adoption. Obsessing over cool new gadgets, clothes, movies, music, and books has kept many a conversation going. In the classroom we still teach an economic model … Continue Reading Cool Car, (Wo)Man!
More Boo In CO2
A new paper suggests Carbon Dioxide causes thrice the damages previously used by the US government. The third floor of the newly seismically retrofitted Giannini Hall at Berkeley is an … Continue Reading More Boo In CO2
It’s Still Hot, But Summer is Over in Europe
And a tough winter is coming. I left Germany in 1990 as a long haired, smoking, bearded hippie with a guitar in one hand and a bag full of dreams … Continue Reading It’s Still Hot, But Summer is Over in Europe
Dirty Boats
Cleaning up the dirtiest mode of transport is hard, but worth it. You were probably expecting some snarky, humor-filled blog post addressing the heedless attack of the judiciary on the … Continue Reading Dirty Boats
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