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Amazon? Lungs of the world? Sinking feeling?

BySustainMe

I got into this debate, related to Global Warming, on the “Amazon is sometimes referred to as the Lungs of the world.” Here’s a very readable discussion in Newsweek on how much oxygen comes from the Amazon: https://www.newsweek.com/how-much-oxygen-amazon-rain-forest-1456274 Much like Global Freezing, I don’t know that I have ever heard/seen an actual scientist say this, but the Lungs of the World is still a pretty well circulated myth. Some times it says 20% of the oxygen…

Y2K Scenarios
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Scenario Planning when the Official View of the Future is Uncertain

ByDel Phi

What we can learn today from Y2K. Scenario Planning and Contingency Planning are needed now, more than ever.

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Inequality in Efficient Infringement

ByBizMan

Inequality Finds a Place in Intellectual Property (IP) where Efficient Infringement Runs Wild Well established. Well understood. Great wealth creates great inequality. Wealth creates its own space, and maintains exclusivity by keeping others out. Here, a different view is taken of the inequality condition.  It is a perspective based on corporate wealth – aka corporate greed – masquerading as producing shareowner value.  It is almost axiomatic that when a company scores a major – no,…

EV on SB2020

BySustainMe

EVs, aka Electric Vehicles, were the big winners of the Super Bowl 2020. Everybody had an electric car for the occasion. Audi and even a new EV version of the gas-guzzling Hummer. Imagine the king of EVs, Tesla, jumping $130 per share on Super Monday! TSLA popped 20% up to almost $800 per share, nearing a $150B market cap firmly – 3 times the value of GM. Then on Super Tuesday, Tesla jumps another $100…

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Opportunity Lost by Waiting until 2020 for Solar Investment

BySustainMe

[UPDATE: 30% Investment Tax Credit on renewables in the IRA Act 2022. See our Blog post here. This makes all the financial discussions below much more profitable. Also, higher inflation and higher power inflation.] The Renewable Investment Tax Credit, which is currently in 2019 at 30% of the qualifying investment, is a wonderful incentive to put in renewable power including solar, wind and qualifying battery backup. The ITC will drop down by 4% in 2020…

Out of Control Healthcare Costs, Delinkage may help?

ByDel Phi

We have a new blog post in IPZine about trying to control healthcare costs by taking a new twist on the linkage in BIG phara to patent protection. Check that out this article on delinkage of intellectual property protection. In 2017 we talked about scenarios that jump out at you. One that always is front-and-center is the out-of-control escalation of healthcare costs in the US, now up to 18% of GDP. In an Nov 20…