The Global Risks Report 2021, 16th Ed., Insight Report, was just released by the World Economic Forum (WEF). This is one of the best places in the world to gather ideas for scenario planning, especially Chapter 1 on Fractured Futures.
Good news, as of January 2021 the ITC has been extended at 26% for 2021 and 2022. See Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) discussion on the investment tax credit (ITC) here: Solar ITC Rate Per Year. This means that the calculator we developed for residential and for business solar investments will still be accurate for the next two years. (See our Solar Profit Calculator page.) Woo Hoo! Happy Days!:-) During that time Biden administration should…
IntellZine just wrote an article on how to Invest in the Future of Self-Driving Cars and EVs (https://www.intellzine.com/2020/12/invest-in-future-of-self-driving-cars.html). What’s not really covered is the Sustainability of EVs, self-driving cars etc. Internal combustion engines predominantly use fossil fuels but they can use renewable ethanol or biodiesel. Electric cars have the most promise because it is much easier to produce electricity from renewable sources like hydro, wind and solar. Plus, wind and solar have become the best…
When you look at the future of cars (and trucks) there’s a couple things that you can learn from the Jetsons. Yes, the cartoon characters of the future. Self-driving. Not limited by Gravity. There are several things that would be reasonable to expect in the future of autos: 1. 1. Huge computing capabilities.2. Mountains and mountains of data.3. Lots of sensors.4. Vehicles that can talk to each other, directly and indirectly. Kind of…
Survival Planning process. Working through times of duress to recover stronger than before.
When you think about images of the first writing instruments, you envision charcoal, paint brushes and quill pens. The image of Shakespeare dipping a quill pen into an ink well come to mind. The ink smeared, it blotched and it took time to dry. You know the sign of a writer by the ink all over their hands (and their poverty, of course). The poverty part is still true, about the starving writer, right? There…
