What, historically, made the United States great? Of course, before we answer that, we have to acknowledge that things have never been perfect — not even close. Our wonderful founding fathers who we admire so much were slaveholders. Europeans came to the New World for freedom, and then slaughtered the … [continued]
One of our readers, Rajan Madan, noticed that public EV charging stations have just passed the 200,000 milestone in the US. “Gas proponents will say that 170,000 gas stations have an average of 8 pumps, which puts their total above 1 million,” Rajan notes. “However, 70 million homes in the … [continued]
For many years, politicians and conservative activists have pointed to the Soviet Union as the ultimate example of how bad things can be at the bottom of the slippery slope of socialism. Do anything other than support large corporations getting control of everything, and we’re certainly on the path to … [continued]
Recent freezes and massive cuts in government spending threaten our food, water, and health as they open up trillions of dollars in tax breaks for corporations and billionaires. Basic government functions are in jeopardy. Let’s look at a list of important areas that are now likely to lose federal government … [continued]
There’s a full assault on cleantech going on in the White House again. It’s ironic, or crazy, or scary that this is the case even as the shadow president is the wealthiest person in the world mostly because of his cleantech company…. Apparently, Elon Musk thinks he’s getting more out … [continued]
IONNA moves from public beta to full-scale national release Over 100 sites contracted since launching in February 2024 Deploying over 1,000 live charging bays and enabling EV road trips across the U.S. by the end of 2025 IONNA convenience stores powered by Amazon’s cutting-edge Just Walk Out technology to debut at … [continued]
The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) charging program is a major EV program created as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that Congress passed in 2022 when Joe Biden was president and Democrats controlled Congress. It includes $5 billion in grants to roll out more EV charging infrastructure all across … [continued]
Dozens of world leaders joined a group of fewer than 50 Nazi death camp survivors in Poland this week to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, where more than 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered. The event is unalterably linked to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon … [continued]
Language at its finest imparts information so humans can empower each other. It conveys expressions of emotions, warnings for self-preservation, offerings of social togetherness — and, most recently, misinformation/disinformation. The current global political climate is packed with rhetoric that persuades audiences to roil over perceived slights, including peer-reviewed evidence that … [continued]
Vijay Govindan and I sat down today to discuss Democrats’ “Green New Deal” (the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law), Trump trying to destroy it despite all of the economic benefits it brings across the US (especially in red districts and states), the era of “Idiocracy,” social media as … [continued]
