Now that COVID-19 has had its first year anniversary in Western countries, it is a good time to calculate some metrics. In particular, how much spending did governments do to fight COVID19 and keep their economies moving. Estimates of how much money each country spent on COVID-19 are difficult to […]
If you have been following the President Trumps Trade War with China (and to a lesser extent, Canada, Mexico and Europe) you might think it will be good for US workers in the long run. It turns out that after nearly three years of increasingly aggressive trade sanctions that China […]
One-China is an understanding that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) under the Communist Party of China (CPC) has complete legal and moral authority over both the Chinese mainland and break away island of Taiwan. How it came to be is a fascinating story but One China has been a diplomatic […]
Below is a graphs showing American income distribution for individual (not households) in 2017. To get to the point, if you earn: More than USD $50K you are in the top one third of Americans More than USD $100K you are in the top 14% of Americans More than USD […]
For most of the last 50 years the United Front (aka the Central United Front Work Department, UF, UFW, UFWD and CUFWD) had five broad “bureau’s” each with large budgets and direct connections to the Chinese Government, Politburo and Communist Party. However, by 2019 President for life Xi Jinping had […]
General Motors shocked the automotive world in 2009 when as part of their bankruptcy restructuring they shut down Pontiac. Many observers noted how Pontiac’s storied past, and sport focused market niche made it likely to be successful in the future. However, GM had decided that the future of automotive was […]
If you want to know what is happening with Nuclear energy in the next few years, this is the video for you. This interview with Christine Todd Whitman, EPA Administrator explores many perceived problems with nuclear power generation. There is a discussion about how nuclear is the only truly green […]
This operational update from Henrik Fisker comes after the first Fisker Ocean SUV‘s rolled off the Magna Steyr production line in Austria. Henrik Fisker discusses how Canadian automotive parts giant Magna is producing the Fisker Ocean at their plant in Austria, how good the quality of the Fisker is thanks […]
The United States likes to promote itself as the melting pot of the worlds immigrants, but in recent years that has so very demonstrably become untrue. In this short video we explore which countries off immigrants the best places to live: Immigration Ranking (2020) Country Score 1 Sweden 86 2 […]
Just how powerful (pun intended) is the Saudi Russian oil alliance, formerly known as OPEC+? It produces as much oil and gas as the United States and Canada combined. Add in the other OPEC countries, who now take the marching orders from Russia, and you have about 45% control of […]
In this short video, three time Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Friedman explains political failings and “Woke Green Energy” lobby (note that this author drives a Tesla and has solar panels) is going to freeze Europe while giving Russia and Saudi Arabia more power. Green Energy with storage is the future, […]
In an age of acronym fatigue you would think that marketers would avoid nebulous terms like “Software Defined Vehicle” aka SDV. But Software Defined Vehicle is an industry term that will never be used with consumers; it will only be discussed in engineering teams. At first glance SDV’s seem like […]
In Alberta, Canada the United Conservative Party is running a leadership campaign to replace Jason Kenny. Whoever wins this UCP Leadership contest will be the next Premier of Alberta so it was a big deal today when the party announced a bizarre limitation: 6.3. All preliminary membership lists and the […]
VinFast is a new electric vehicle company that is coming to North America and Europe but most people have never heard of them. We have a deposit on a new VinFast VF8 and before we ordered that SUV, we did a pile of research you might be interested in. What […]