Yesterday, we celebrated the birthday of my daughter (a real person, of course). Today, we’ll celebrate the birthday of a groundbreaking new law.
Continue reading Happy birthday, IRA
Self-driving cars. OK, let’s get real particular- self-driving taxis are going to the norm in San Francisco.
Continue reading Driverless Taxis?
The world has changed. Those firms (ranging from Amazon to Chase Bank- anď in-between) that are demanding staff work in their offices 5 day a week are having a very difficult time hiring folks. The labor market is now in the employee’s favor- with unemployment rates as low as 3.5%!
Continue reading WFH option is needed for new hires
Here’s some food for thought.
We have managed to improve the technology in our cars, so that tailpipe emissions are now considered to be minor. (Note: That is not true for the emissions from big rigs, those tractor trailers that haul our freight around the country. They still produce volumes of pollutants- hence the push for the electrification of their engines- or to convert them to use hydrogen fuel cells.)
Continue reading Particulate Problems
I have mentioned (more than once, of course) that the regulatory authorities have been seeking new trucks for the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. In particular, they have been leaning towards electric duty trucks. (The new trucks are required to run on electric batteries or hydrogen fuel cells.)
Continue reading Will Electric Trucks Really Work Here?
Remember those pictures outside the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach during the pandemic? Where the supertankers were waiting to be handled. More than 100 were stacked up.
Continue reading Congestion in Eilat
My buddy always laments that his heat pump doesn’t work well when the outside temperature is running cold. That’s because he has what can be called an ancient device (more than a decade old). There have been major improvements in the devices, which is why the recent tax law changes all provided tax credits to install heat pumps. Because now they work over a wide range of temperatures.
Geez. You have to wonder sometimes how these folks got elected.
The House just took back a bunch of money that was appropriated to the IRS to improve operations and effect proper tax audits. And, these dorks claim the claw-back will help balance the budget.
Continue reading IRS gets foiled again
Running a business? Do you have employees or do you claim to have independent contractors?
Well if it’s the later that are in your coterie, you need to read this.
Continue reading Independent- or Not?
