Tag: Policy & Politics
Trump’s FAA Makes It Practically Impossible To Legally Fly Drones
A few years ago, it dawned on me that clean, electric-powered aviation isn’t part of some far off solarpunk future. While we’re not going to see electric passenger jets or medical helicopters this year, there are already electric aircraft replacing ICE aircraft almost everywhere. Aerial photography, surveying, search and rescue, … [continued]
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US Presidents Come And Go, But Energy Efficiency Is Forever
Energy efficiency is the main focus of a new Energy Department effort to help improve competitiveness in key US industrial sectors.
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Opening Up EV Trade in Canada, Leaving USA Behind
Steve Hanley, Larry Evans, and I sat down to talk about the biggest EV story of the year so far. That’s Canada opening up to EV trade with China. This is part of a larger trend of more and more countries of the world looking to China for tech leadership … [continued]
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The Assumptions That Broke: China, India, and the End of Fossil Growth Models
The idea that heavy freight would be the last redoubt of diesel has been repeated for decades, often with confidence and rarely with evidence. In December 2026, that idea finally collapsed. Battery electric heavy duty trucks crossed 50% of new sales in China, a segment that had long been treated … [continued]
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Is Donald Trump the Dumbest Block of Cheese in World Politics?
Many of us said it as soon as Donald Trump got elected again — he was going to drive the USA’s standing in the world down so much that we’d never recover. It’s clear that the USA’s influence in the world has been on a slow decline and in a … [continued]
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